Get recent Strava activities (default: last 10)
AI agents call get_recent_activities to retrieve information from Strava Training MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves historical activity data from Strava without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward read operation that queries training data for analysis purposes. The low severity reflects minimal risk even if misused by an agent—the worst outcome would be exposure of the user's own training data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_recent_activities' and description 'Get recent Strava activities' indicate retrieval of data with no modification. The verb 'Get' and the default parameter (last 10) confirm query-only functionality with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get recent Strava activities (default: last 10). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Strava Training MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Strava Training MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_recent_activities: 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 Strava Training MCP. Nothing to install.
get_recent_activities 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_recent_activities 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_recent_activities. 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_recent_activities is provided by the Strava Training MCP server (ArjanLig/strava-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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