Get comprehensive information about a specific API service including parameters, request/response schemas, and example usage
AI agents call get_service_information to retrieve information from Swagger MCP Adapter 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 documentation and metadata about API services. It does not execute requests against those APIs, modify data, delete resources, or trigger financial operations. The scope is limited to reading schema and parameter information, making it a Read category tool with low severity risk since misuse would only expose API documentation without side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate retrieval of metadata about an API service: 'Get comprehensive information about a specific API service including parameters, request/response schemas, and example usage'.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_service_information gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Swagger MCP Adapter, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_service_information:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_service_information": {}
}
}get_service_information is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get comprehensive information about a specific API service including parameters, request/response schemas, and example usage. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Swagger MCP Adapter MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Swagger MCP Adapter MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_service_information: 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 Swagger MCP Adapter. Nothing to install.
get_service_information 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_service_information 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_service_information. 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_service_information is provided by the Swagger MCP Adapter MCP server (serifcolakel/swagger-mcp-adapter). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Swagger MCP Adapter, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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