Get a specific prompt by ID or list all available prompts if no ID is provided
AI agents call get_prompt to retrieve information from SystemPrompt Coding Agent without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or queries prompt data. It matches the Read category definition: 'retrieves or queries data; no side effects (search, list, get, fetch).' The 'get' and 'list' operations are read-only and do not modify system state. Severity is low because accessing prompts poses minimal risk even if misused by an agent — it cannot execute code, delete data, or cause financial harm.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get a specific prompt by ID or list all available prompts if no ID is provided' — pure retrieval operations with no modification, deletion, execution, or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_prompt gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and SystemPrompt Coding Agent, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_prompt:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_prompt": {}
}
}get_prompt is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get a specific prompt by ID or list all available prompts if no ID is provided. It is categorised as a Read tool in the SystemPrompt Coding Agent MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the SystemPrompt Coding Agent MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_prompt: 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 SystemPrompt Coding Agent. Nothing to install.
get_prompt 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_prompt 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_prompt. 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_prompt is provided by the SystemPrompt Coding Agent MCP server (systempromptio/systemprompt-code-orchestrator). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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