Get available page templates
AI agents call getTemplates to retrieve information from AEM MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and lists available page templates from AEM without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a read-only query that has no side effects on the system. Severity is low because unauthorized template enumeration poses minimal direct risk compared to tools that modify or delete content.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'getTemplates' and description states 'Get available page templates' — a retrieval operation with no modification or execution of code.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get available page templates. It is categorised as a Read tool in the AEM MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the AEM MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getTemplates: 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 AEM MCP Server. Nothing to install.
getTemplates 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 getTemplates 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 getTemplates. 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.
getTemplates is provided by the AEM MCP Server MCP server (udaykumarbpatel/aem-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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