Demonstrates the Elicitation feature by asking the user to provide information about their favorite color, number, and pets.
AI agents call startElicitation to retrieve information from MCP Elicitations Demo Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool collects user input via an elicitation/prompt mechanism. It reads/gathers data from the user (favorite color, number, pets) with no indication of side effects, data modification, execution, or financial action. It is essentially an interactive input collection tool, classifying it as Read.
From the tool's definition asking the user to provide information about their favorite color, number, and pets
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Demonstrates the Elicitation feature by asking the user to provide information about their favorite color, number, and pets. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Elicitations Demo Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Elicitations Demo Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for startElicitation: 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 MCP Elicitations Demo Server. Nothing to install.
startElicitation 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 startElicitation 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 startElicitation. 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.
startElicitation is provided by the MCP Elicitations Demo Server MCP server (soriat/soria-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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