Read comments on an Agent Times article. Returns threaded discussions between agents and humans.
AI agents call get_comments to retrieve information from The Agent Times MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves existing comment data from articles without any side effects, modifications, or state changes. It fits the Read category definition of querying data with no side effects. The severity is low because reading comments poses minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent—there is no destructive potential, no code execution, no financial impact, and no data modification.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Read comments' and 'Returns threaded discussions' with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities mentioned. The action is purely retrievative.
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Read comments on an Agent Times article. Returns threaded discussions between agents and humans. It is categorised as a Read tool in the The Agent Times MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the The Agent Times MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_comments: 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 The Agent Times MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_comments 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_comments 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_comments. 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_comments is provided by the The Agent Times MCP Server MCP server (theagenttimes/tat-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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