Get customers from the customers collection
AI agents call get_customers to retrieve information from Directus MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves customer data without altering, deleting, or executing code. It performs a simple query/fetch operation typical of Read category tools. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius—data retrieval alone poses limited security risk unless the data is highly sensitive, but the operation itself is non-destructive and reversible by nature.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_customers' and description 'Get customers from the customers collection' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get customers from the customers collection. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Directus MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Directus MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_customers: 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 Directus MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_customers 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_customers 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_customers. 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_customers is provided by the Directus MCP Server MCP server (staminna/mcp-server-claude). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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