Get detailed information about a specific spread
AI agents call get_spread_info to retrieve information from InDesign UXP 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 and queries spread information from an InDesign document. It performs no write, delete, execute, or financial operations. The verb 'Get' and the passive retrieval of 'detailed information' confirm it is a read-only operation with minimal risk if misused by an agent—at worst, an AI might request unnecessary information.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_spread_info' and description 'Get detailed information about a specific spread' indicate a query operation that retrieves data without modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_spread_info gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and InDesign UXP MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_spread_info:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_spread_info": {}
}
}get_spread_info is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get detailed information about a specific spread. It is categorised as a Read tool in the InDesign UXP MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the InDesign UXP MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_spread_info: 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 InDesign UXP MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_spread_info 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_spread_info 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_spread_info. 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_spread_info is provided by the InDesign UXP MCP Server MCP server (theloniuser/indesign-uxp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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135 InDesign UXP MCP Server tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.