Read a full Apple Note, including plaintext and HTML body.
AI agents call notes_get to retrieve information from Apple Notes MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves existing note content without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. Reading notes is a non-destructive query operation that falls squarely into the Read category. Low severity because unauthorized note reading, while a privacy concern, has minimal blast radius compared to destructive or financial operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'notes_get' and description 'Read a full Apple Note' indicate retrieval-only operation with no side effects.
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Read a full Apple Note, including plaintext and HTML body. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apple Notes MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Apple Notes MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for notes_get: 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 Apple Notes MCP. Nothing to install.
notes_get 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 notes_get 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 notes_get. 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.
notes_get is provided by the Apple Notes MCP server (taylorarndt/apple-notes-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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