Get detailed information about a specific virtual machine.
AI agents call get_vm_details to retrieve information from Cloud VM 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 queries VM metadata (configuration, state, resources, etc.) without side effects. It does not modify, delete, execute commands on, or financially impact any resources. Despite the infrastructure sensitivity of VM data, the tool itself performs only observation/inspection operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_vm_details' and description 'Get detailed information about a specific virtual machine' indicate retrieval of data with no modification or execution of operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get detailed information about a specific virtual machine. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Cloud VM MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Cloud VM MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_vm_details: 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 Cloud VM MCP. Nothing to install.
get_vm_details 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_vm_details 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_vm_details. 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_vm_details is provided by the Cloud VM MCP server (sondt2709/cloud-vm-mcp-py). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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