Get goals from short-term or long-term sections
AI agents call getGoals to retrieve information from Knowledge 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 or queries goal data from a knowledge base without side effects. It falls squarely into the Read category. The severity is low because retrieving goals poses minimal risk—there is no capacity to modify data, execute code, delete information, or affect external systems. An AI agent misusing this tool could at worst read sensitive planning information, but cannot cause material harm.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getGoals' and description 'Get goals from short-term or long-term sections' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or execution capability.
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Get goals from short-term or long-term sections. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Knowledge MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Knowledge MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getGoals: 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 Knowledge MCP Server. Nothing to install.
getGoals 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 getGoals 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 getGoals. 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.
getGoals is provided by the Knowledge MCP Server MCP server (vuluu2k/knowledge_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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