Read the content of a note. Aliases: readNote, read_note
AI agents call read-note to retrieve information from Notes MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries note content without side effects. It performs a simple read operation that does not create, modify, delete, or execute any code. The lowest severity applies because reading existing data poses minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'read-note' with aliases 'readNote' and 'read_note'. Description states 'Read the content of a note', which explicitly indicates data retrieval with no modification or deletion.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Read the content of a note. Aliases: readNote, read_note. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Notes MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Notes MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for read-note: 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 Notes MCP Server. Nothing to install.
read-note 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 read-note 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 read-note. 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.
read-note is provided by the Notes MCP Server MCP server (surya07102000/notes-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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