Statistiques globales du catalogue Données Québec.
AI agents call get_catalog_stats to retrieve information from Données Québec MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves catalog statistics—read-only operations that query and return information about available datasets without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing external operations. Exposure of catalog statistics poses minimal security risk as it only provides aggregate metadata about publicly available open data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_catalog_stats' and description 'Statistiques globales du catalogue Données Québec' (Global statistics of the Québec data catalogue) indicate retrieval of aggregated metadata/statistics about the catalog with no data modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Statistiques globales du catalogue Données Québec. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Données Québec MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Données Québec MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_catalog_stats: 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 Données Québec MCP. Nothing to install.
get_catalog_stats 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_catalog_stats 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_catalog_stats. 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_catalog_stats is provided by the Données Québec MCP server (stefen-taime/donneesqc-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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