Get configuration details of a Next Experience application
AI agents call get_ux_app to retrieve information from ServiceNow-MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves configuration details about a Next Experience application in ServiceNow. It performs a query or fetch operation without side effects—no data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. While configuration details could theoretically contain sensitive information (which could elevate severity), the tool itself is purely informational and read-only.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_ux_app' and description 'Get configuration details of a Next Experience application' both indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or deletion implied.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get configuration details of a Next Experience application. It is categorised as a Read tool in the ServiceNow-MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the ServiceNow- MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_ux_app: 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 ServiceNow-MCP. Nothing to install.
get_ux_app 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_ux_app 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_ux_app. 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_ux_app is provided by the ServiceNow- MCP server (tedorigawa001/servicenow-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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