Retrieve the full content of an Agent Zone article by its ID. Returns the complete article with markdown content, metadata, categories, tags, and skills.
AI agents call get_article to retrieve information from Agent Zone without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a pure data retrieval operation (get_article) without creating, modifying, or deleting any data. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an attacker gains access only to existing knowledge base articles. Classification as Read is appropriate.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves and returns full article content by ID with no side effects. Description states 'Retrieve the full content' and 'Returns the complete article' — all read operations. No modifications, deletions, or external actions triggered.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Retrieve the full content of an Agent Zone article by its ID. Returns the complete article with markdown content, metadata, categories, tags, and skills. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Agent Zone MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Agent Zone MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_article: 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 Agent Zone. Nothing to install.
get_article 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_article 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_article. 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_article is provided by the Agent Zone MCP server (statherm/agent-zone-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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