Get details of a single theme by its GID. Requires read_themes access scope.
AI agents call get_theme to retrieve information from Kockatoos Shopify 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 theme metadata from Shopify without modifying, executing, or deleting anything. It is a simple read operation that queries existing data. While Shopify access is sensitive, reading theme configuration details poses minimal risk compared to write/execute/destructive operations on the platform. Low severity reflects that theme details are typically non-sensitive configuration information.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_theme' and description states 'Get details of a single theme by its GID' with 'read_themes access scope' — purely a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get details of a single theme by its GID. Requires read_themes access scope. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Kockatoos Shopify MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Kockatoos Shopify MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_theme: 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 Kockatoos Shopify MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_theme 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_theme 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_theme. 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_theme is provided by the Kockatoos Shopify MCP Server MCP server (untitled-developers/shopify-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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