View a file or directory in the vault. Optionally restrict to a line range (1-indexed, inclusive).
AI agents call view to retrieve information from TheWeave: Memory for AI agents you can cat, grep, and git without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only retrieves and displays file/directory contents without side effects. It is a pure read operation analogous to 'cat' or 'get'. The vault is the agent's own memory architecture, and viewing it poses minimal security risk. Severity is low because the blast radius of misuse is limited to information disclosure of the agent's own stored data.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'view' and description states it 'View[s] a file or directory in the vault' with optional line range filtering. No modification, deletion, or execution capability.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
View a file or directory in the vault. Optionally restrict to a line range (1-indexed, inclusive). It is categorised as a Read tool in the TheWeave: Memory for AI agents you can cat, grep, and git MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the TheWeave: Memory for AI agents you can cat, grep, and git MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for view: 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 TheWeave: Memory for AI agents you can cat, grep, and git. Nothing to install.
view 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 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. 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 is provided by the TheWeave: Memory for AI agents you can cat, grep, and git MCP server (theweavesc/theweave). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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