AI agents call maps_direction_driving_by_address to retrieve information from 高德地图 without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries mapping/direction data and returns route information without side effects, reversible modifications, code execution, or financial transactions. It falls squarely within the Read category as a data retrieval operation. The empty description lowers confidence slightly, but the name strongly suggests a directional lookup operation typical of mapping APIs.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'maps_direction_driving_by_address' indicates retrieval of driving directions/route information based on an address parameter. The 'direction' operation is a query for navigation data, not modification or execution of external actions.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access maps_direction_driving_by_address gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and 高德地图, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for maps_direction_driving_by_address:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"maps_direction_driving_by_address": {}
}
}maps_direction_driving_by_address is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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maps_direction_driving_by_address. It is categorised as a Read tool in the 高德地图 MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the 高德地图 MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for maps_direction_driving_by_address: 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 高德地图. Nothing to install.
maps_direction_driving_by_address 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 maps_direction_driving_by_address 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 maps_direction_driving_by_address. 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.
maps_direction_driving_by_address is provided by the 高德地图 MCP server (sugarforever/amap-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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