get-documentation · Payman AI Documentation MCP Server MCP

WHAT IT DOES

What get-documentation does on Payman AI Documentation MCP Server

AI agents call get-documentation to retrieve information from Payman AI Documentation MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

WHY IT NEEDS A POLICY

Why get-documentation needs a policy

This tool retrieves and queries documentation content without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a read-only information lookup function with minimal security risk, appropriate for an AI assistant to access in order to support integration development.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get-documentation' and description 'Get PaymanAI documentation on a specific topic' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects. The server itself is explicitly described as providing 'access to Payman's documentation' to assist developers.

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Questions about get-documentation

What does the get-documentation tool do? +

Get PaymanAI documentation on a specific topic. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Payman AI Documentation MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get-documentation? +

Register the Payman AI Documentation MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-documentation: 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 Payman AI Documentation MCP Server. Nothing to install.

What risk level is get-documentation? +

get-documentation is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit get-documentation? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get-documentation 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.

How do I block get-documentation completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get-documentation. 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.

What MCP server provides get-documentation? +

get-documentation is provided by the Payman AI Documentation MCP Server MCP server (vanshika-rana/payman-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.