Get usage examples for a Lucide React icon
AI agents call get_icon_usage_examples to retrieve information from Lucide Icons MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and returns usage examples for icons—a read-only, informational operation. There are no side effects, no code execution, no data modification, and no destructive actions. The tool simply fetches pre-existing documentation or example data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_icon_usage_examples' and description 'Get usage examples for a Lucide React icon' indicate retrieval of documentation/examples with no modification or execution capability.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_icon_usage_examples gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Lucide Icons MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_icon_usage_examples:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_icon_usage_examples": {}
}
}get_icon_usage_examples is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get usage examples for a Lucide React icon. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Lucide Icons MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Lucide Icons MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_icon_usage_examples: 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 Lucide Icons MCP. Nothing to install.
get_icon_usage_examples 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_icon_usage_examples 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_icon_usage_examples. 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_icon_usage_examples is provided by the Lucide Icons MCP server (seeyangzhi/lucide-icons-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 7 Lucide Icons MCP tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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