Retrieve OCR or TEI text for a specific page when available. Returns null if text is not available.
AI agents call get_page_text to retrieve information from Gallica/BnF MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves digitized text content from the Gallica library without altering data, executing code, or causing side effects. It is a simple data retrieval operation typical of digital library access, with minimal blast radius if misused by an agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_page_text' and description 'Retrieve OCR or TEI text' indicate a retrieval operation. No modification, deletion, or execution is performed. Returns null if text is unavailable, confirming read-only semantics.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Retrieve OCR or TEI text for a specific page when available. Returns null if text is not available. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Gallica/BnF MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Gallica/BnF MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_page_text: 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 Gallica/BnF MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_page_text 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_page_text 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_page_text. 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_page_text is provided by the Gallica/BnF MCP Server MCP server (ukicar/sweet-bnf). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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