List all friends of the current user, including balance information.
AI agents call splitwise_get_friends to retrieve information from Splitwise 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 friend data and balance information without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward query that returns existing data to the user. The only potential concern is that balance information could reveal financial relationships, but the tool itself performs no financial transactions or destructive actions. Classified as Read with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'splitwise_get_friends' and description 'List all friends of the current user, including balance information' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects.
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List all friends of the current user, including balance information. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Splitwise MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Splitwise MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for splitwise_get_friends: 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 Splitwise MCP Server. Nothing to install.
splitwise_get_friends 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 splitwise_get_friends 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 splitwise_get_friends. 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.
splitwise_get_friends is provided by the Splitwise MCP Server MCP server (svarun115/splitwise-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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