Get the document heading structure with levels, text, and paraIds.
AI agents call get_headings 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 performs a read-only query of document metadata (heading hierarchy and associated identifiers). It retrieves information about document structure but does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. The action is non-destructive and has no side effects on the document state.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_headings' and description 'Get the document heading structure with levels, text, and paraIds' clearly indicate a retrieval operation that extracts structural information without modifying data.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_headings 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_headings:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_headings": {}
}
}get_headings is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get the document heading structure with levels, text, and paraIds. 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_headings: 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_headings 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_headings 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_headings. 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_headings 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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