Retrieve detailed information about a protein by UniProt ID.
AI agents call get_protein_by_id to retrieve information from UniProt 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 the UniProt database to fetch protein information by ID. It has no side effects, cannot modify data, execute code, delete records, or affect financial systems. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could only retrieve information already publicly available in UniProt. This is a straightforward Read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_protein_by_id' and description 'Retrieve detailed information about a protein' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities. The verb 'Retrieve' is characteristic of Read operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Retrieve detailed information about a protein by UniProt ID. It is categorised as a Read tool in the UniProt MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the UniProt MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_protein_by_id: 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 UniProt MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_protein_by_id 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_protein_by_id 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_protein_by_id. 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_protein_by_id is provided by the UniProt MCP Server MCP server (vitamin3615/uniprot-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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