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reverse

Реверсировать строку и вернуть результат.

How to control reverse ↓

What reverse does on MCP Guide

AI agents call reverse to retrieve information from MCP Guide without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

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Why reverse needs a policy

String reversal is a pure computational function that reads input and produces output without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. It has no blast radius if misused by an AI agent—the worst case is nonsensical reversed text. This clearly falls under the Read category of data retrieval/transformation with no side effects.

From the tool's definition The tool description states 'Reverse a string and return the result' (translated from Russian). This is a text manipulation operation that takes input and returns transformed data with no side effects, data modifications, or external operations.

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access reverse gives an agent:

How to control reverse

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP Guide, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for reverse:

policy.json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "reverse": {}
  }
}

reverse is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

  1. Create a free account and register MCP Guide — nothing to install.
  2. Add this policy — paste it, or build it visually.
  3. Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.
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Questions about reverse

What does the reverse tool do? +

Реверсировать строку и вернуть результат. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Guide MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on reverse? +

Register the MCP Guide MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for reverse: 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 MCP Guide. Nothing to install.

What risk level is reverse? +

reverse is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit reverse? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the reverse 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.

How do I block reverse completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for reverse. 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.

What MCP server provides reverse? +

reverse is provided by the MCP Guide MCP server (switchblxdee/mcp_guide). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policy on every MCP Guide tool call.

Start from MCP Guide, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.

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