AI agents call get_investigation_alerts to retrieve information from Rapid7 without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves alert data linked to an investigation. It performs a read-only operation with no side effects, reversibility concerns, or financial impact. The only risk is potential information disclosure if used to retrieve sensitive security alerts, but this is a low-severity read operation consistent with normal SIEM querying workflows.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_investigation_alerts' and description states 'Get all alerts associated with a specific investigation' — uses 'Get' verb and retrieves data without modification.
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Get all alerts associated with a specific investigation. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Rapid7 MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Rapid7 MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_investigation_alerts: 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 Rapid7. Nothing to install.
get_investigation_alerts 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_investigation_alerts 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_investigation_alerts. 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_investigation_alerts is provided by the Rapid7 MCP server (solomonneas/rapid7-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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