get_news
AI agents call get_news to retrieve information from Tekna Events & News without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves news content—a read operation that queries data without modification, deletion, or external execution. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius if misused: an AI agent accessing news would simply retrieve information that is presumably already public.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_news' combined with placement alongside 'get_event_details', 'get_member_benefits', and 'search_events' indicates a retrieval operation.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
get_news. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Tekna Events & News MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Tekna Events & News MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_news: 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 Tekna Events & News. Nothing to install.
get_news 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_news 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_news. 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_news is provided by the Tekna Events & News MCP server (pypi:mcp-tekna). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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