View the shipyard for a waypoint.
AI agents call View_Shipyard to retrieve information from SpaceTraders 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 information about a shipyard at a specific waypoint. It is a read-only operation that queries data without side effects—no ships are purchased, modified, or destroyed. The verb 'view' explicitly indicates data retrieval. Given the context of the SpaceTraders game API, this is purely informational and poses minimal risk if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'View_Shipyard' and description 'View the shipyard for a waypoint' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no modifications to game state.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
View the shipyard for a waypoint. It is categorised as a Read tool in the SpaceTraders MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the SpaceTraders MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for View_Shipyard: 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 SpaceTraders MCP Server. Nothing to install.
View_Shipyard 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 View_Shipyard 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 View_Shipyard. 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.
View_Shipyard is provided by the SpaceTraders MCP Server MCP server (thevalverde/spacetraders-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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