Get detailed steps data with 15-minute intervals Note: This returns full interval data (~14KB). For a compact summary, use get_stats() which includes total_steps. Args: date: Date in YYYY-MM-DD format
AI agents call get_steps_data to retrieve information from Garmin 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 existing health data (steps information) from Garmin Connect without creating, modifying, deleting, executing code, or affecting financial systems. The low severity reflects minimal risk even if an AI agent misuses it — it only exposes personal fitness metrics that the user has already authorized access to via the MCP server connection.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_steps_data' and description explicitly states it 'Get detailed steps data' — a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects. Returns historical fitness data in read-only fashion.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_steps_data gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Garmin MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_steps_data:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_steps_data": {}
}
}get_steps_data is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get detailed steps data with 15-minute intervals Note: This returns full interval data (~14KB). For a compact summary, use get_stats() which includes total_steps. Args: date: Date in YYYY-MM-DD format. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Garmin MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Garmin MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_steps_data: 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 Garmin MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_steps_data 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_steps_data 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_steps_data. 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_steps_data is provided by the Garmin MCP Server MCP server (taxuspt/garmin_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 126 Garmin MCP Server tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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