Get all headers and footers with their text content.
AI agents call get_headers_footers to retrieve information from Docx without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries document structure (headers and footers) without altering, executing, or deleting any data. It is a pure read operation consistent with the 'Read' category definition of retrieving or querying data with no side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_headers_footers' and description states 'Get all headers and footers with their text content' — a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_headers_footers gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Docx, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_headers_footers:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_headers_footers": {}
}
}get_headers_footers is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get all headers and footers with their text content. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Docx MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Docx MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_headers_footers: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Docx. Nothing to install.
get_headers_footers is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_headers_footers rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_headers_footers. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
get_headers_footers is provided by the Docx MCP server (securityronin/docx-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Docx, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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