Get metadata information about an image file. Returns: Dictionary containing metadata about the image (size, dimensions, format, etc.)
AI agents call get_metainfo to retrieve information from 🪄 ImageSorcery MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only retrieves and returns metadata about an existing image file. It performs no modifications, deletions, execution, or financial operations. The ability to read metadata poses minimal risk as it does not expose sensitive data beyond what file system permissions would already allow, and the information returned (size, dimensions, format) is non-sensitive image properties.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get metadata information about an image file' and 'Returns: Dictionary containing metadata about the image (size, dimensions, format, etc.)' — pure retrieval with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_metainfo gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and 🪄 ImageSorcery MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_metainfo:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_metainfo": {}
}
}get_metainfo is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get metadata information about an image file. Returns: Dictionary containing metadata about the image (size, dimensions, format, etc.). It is categorised as a Read tool in the 🪄 ImageSorcery MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the 🪄 ImageSorcery MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_metainfo: 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 🪄 ImageSorcery MCP. Nothing to install.
get_metainfo 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_metainfo 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_metainfo. 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_metainfo is provided by the 🪄 ImageSorcery MCP server (sunriseapps/imagesorcery-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 17 🪄 ImageSorcery MCP tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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17 🪄 ImageSorcery MCP tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.