Get a note and its content by ID. Perfect for when someone wants to see what
AI agents call get_note to retrieve information from TriliumNext 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 data by ID without any side effects. It matches the 'Read' category definition: retrieves or queries data with no side effects. The severity is low because retrieving existing notes poses minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent, assuming appropriate access controls are in place on the server.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_note' and description 'Get a note and its content by ID' clearly indicates a retrieval operation with no modification or deletion capability.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_note gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and TriliumNext Notes' MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_note:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_note": {}
}
}get_note 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 note and its content by ID. Perfect for when someone wants to see what. It is categorised as a Read tool in the TriliumNext Notes' MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the TriliumNext Notes' MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_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 TriliumNext Notes' MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_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 get_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 get_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.
get_note is provided by the TriliumNext Notes' MCP Server MCP server (tan-yong-sheng/triliumnext-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 11 TriliumNext Notes' MCP Server tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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11 TriliumNext Notes' MCP Server tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.