get_user_preferences

What get_user_preferences does on Linode MCP Server

AI agents call get_user_preferences to retrieve information from Linode MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why get_user_preferences is rated Low

This tool retrieves stored UI preferences without modifying, executing, or deleting any data. It has minimal blast radius—an AI agent misusing it could only access user preference information, which is low-sensitivity metadata. No infrastructure, financial, or destructive operations are possible.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_user_preferences' and description 'Get user interface preferences' indicate a retrieval operation. The verb 'get' and the action of retrieving preference data with no modification capability confirm this is a read-only query.

The rule that runs get_user_preferences safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Linode MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_user_preferences, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_user_preferences": {}
  }
}

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