Get steps data for a date range
AI agents call get_daily_steps to retrieve information from Garmin MCP Server for Poke without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves historical step count metrics for a specified date range from Garmin Connect. It performs a query with no side effects, no data modification, and no irreversible actions. The data returned is personal health telemetry that the user owns and has already recorded.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate retrieval of steps data: 'Get steps data for a date range'. The verb 'Get' and the absence of any modification language ('add', 'delete', 'update') clearly signal a read-only operation.
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Get steps data for a date range. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Garmin MCP Server for Poke MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Garmin MCP Server for Poke MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_daily_steps: 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 Garmin MCP Server for Poke. Nothing to install.
get_daily_steps 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_daily_steps 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_daily_steps. 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_daily_steps is provided by the Garmin MCP Server for Poke MCP server (theol0403/garmin-mcp-poke). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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