Get all text content in a slide.
AI agents call get_slide_text to retrieve information from Cross-Platform PowerPoint 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 text content from a slide without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a pure read operation that queries data from an existing presentation, fitting the 'Read' category for data retrieval with no side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_slide_text' and description 'Get all text content in a slide' indicate read-only retrieval of existing data with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get all text content in a slide. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Cross-Platform PowerPoint MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Cross-Platform PowerPoint MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_slide_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 Cross-Platform PowerPoint MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_slide_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_slide_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_slide_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_slide_text is provided by the Cross-Platform PowerPoint MCP Server MCP server (vancealexander/powerpoint_mcp_crossplatform). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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