Retrieve a page from Notion
AI agents call notion_retrieve_page to retrieve information from Notion MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool retrieves/queries data from Notion (a page) without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. This is a classic read-only operation. Severity is low because retrieval of data has minimal blast radius unless the page contains highly sensitive information, but the tool itself performs no destructive or side-effect actions.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'notion_retrieve_page' and description 'Retrieve a page from Notion' indicate a data retrieval operation with no modification or execution of code.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Retrieve a page from Notion. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Notion MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Notion MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for notion_retrieve_page: 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 Notion MCP Server. Nothing to install.
notion_retrieve_page 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 notion_retrieve_page 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 notion_retrieve_page. 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.
notion_retrieve_page is provided by the Notion MCP Server MCP server (tkc/notion-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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