Get details for a Steam Workshop item including title, description, tags, preview images, and subscriber count. No API key required.
AI agents call steam_getWorkshopItem to retrieve information from Steam MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool purely retrieves and queries public Steam Workshop metadata without side effects. It returns informational data only and requires no API key, indicating public data access. No risk of data modification, code execution, financial impact, or destruction.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states it 'Get[s] details for a Steam Workshop item' with read-only fields (title, description, tags, preview images, subscriber count). No modification, deletion, or execution capability mentioned.
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Get details for a Steam Workshop item including title, description, tags, preview images, and subscriber count. No API key required. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Steam MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Steam MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for steam_getWorkshopItem: 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 Steam MCP Server. Nothing to install.
steam_getWorkshopItem 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 steam_getWorkshopItem 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 steam_getWorkshopItem. 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.
steam_getWorkshopItem is provided by the Steam MCP Server MCP server (tmhsdigital/steam-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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