get_by_id
AI agents call get_by_id to retrieve information from Pinecone Economic Books without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Given the server's purpose as a semantic search database and the pattern of sibling tools, 'get_by_id' almost certainly retrieves a document or record by identifier—a typical Read operation. The empty description slightly reduces confidence, but the context is clear. No write, delete, code execution, or financial implications are evident.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_by_id' and server context (Pinecone vector database search) indicate a retrieval operation.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
get_by_id. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Pinecone Economic Books MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Pinecone Economic Books MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_by_id: 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 Pinecone Economic Books. Nothing to install.
get_by_id 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_by_id 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_by_id. 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_by_id is provided by the Pinecone Economic Books MCP server (srulyrosenblat/econ_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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