Return the MCP manifest for schema/version contract validation.
AI agents call get_manifest to retrieve information from Simple Dicom without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves configuration and version metadata without querying, modifying, or executing any operations on DICOM data or external systems. It is purely informational and poses minimal security risk.
From the tool's definition get_manifest returns the MCP manifest for schema/version contract validation—a read-only operation that retrieves metadata about the tool itself with no side effects or data modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Return the MCP manifest for schema/version contract validation. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Simple Dicom MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Simple Dicom MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_manifest: 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 Simple Dicom. Nothing to install.
get_manifest 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_manifest 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_manifest. 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_manifest is provided by the Simple Dicom MCP server (thalesmms/simple-dicom-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Every MCP server has a record like this.
Type a name, get the same breakdown: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, capabilities, recommended policy.
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