AI agents call translate to retrieve information from Translate without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Translation is a stateless read/transform operation: it takes input text and returns translated output without creating, modifying, or deleting any data, executing commands, or moving money. Consistent with sibling tools 'detectLanguage' and 'listLanguages' which are also read-only operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'translate' and description '翻译文本' (translate text) indicate a text transformation/query operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
翻译文本. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Translate MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Translate MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for translate: 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 Translate. Nothing to install.
translate 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 translate 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 translate. 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.
translate is provided by the Translate MCP server (translate-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Every MCP server has a record like this.
Type a name, get the same breakdown: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, capabilities, recommended policy.
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