AI agents call get_channel_forwards to retrieve information from Tgstat without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a data retrieval operation querying Telegram channel analytics. It has no side effects, creates no new data, executes no code, and cannot cause destructive or financial harm. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an attacker could at worst gather information about channel forwarding patterns, which is already public metadata on Telegram.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves 'Posts from other channels that forwarded this channel' - a query operation that fetches and returns analytics data without modifying, executing, or deleting anything.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Posts from other channels that forwarded this channel. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Tgstat MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Tgstat MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_channel_forwards: 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 Tgstat. Nothing to install.
get_channel_forwards 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_channel_forwards 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_channel_forwards. 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_channel_forwards is provided by the Tgstat MCP server (theyahia/tgstat-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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