AI agents call xpath_get_text to retrieve information from uiautomator2 MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves text from Android UI elements without modifying state or executing commands. It is a read-only information retrieval operation. Confidence is 0.85 rather than higher because the description is empty, leaving some ambiguity, though the function name is descriptive enough to be confident in the Read classification.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'xpath_get_text' indicates retrieval of text content from UI elements using XPath selectors. The sibling tool context (activity_wait_appear, app_current, app_list, app_list_running) shows this server performs UI inspection and control.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access xpath_get_text gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and uiautomator2 MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for xpath_get_text:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"xpath_get_text": {}
}
}xpath_get_text is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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xpath_get_text. It is categorised as a Read tool in the uiautomator2 MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the uiautomator2 MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for xpath_get_text: 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 uiautomator2 MCP Server. Nothing to install.
xpath_get_text 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 xpath_get_text 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 xpath_get_text. 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.
xpath_get_text is provided by the uiautomator2 MCP Server MCP server (tanbro/uiautomator2-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from uiautomator2 MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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