Get the current date and time in various formats. Returns: - ISO 8601 string - Unix timestamp - Individual components (year, month, day, hour, minute, second) - Day of week and week number - Timezone information This tool does not require any parameters.
AI agents call get_datetime to retrieve information from MCP Toolkit Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a simple read operation that queries system time information with no side effects, no data modification, and no ability to trigger external operations. It poses minimal security risk as it only returns non-sensitive temporal data that is typically available to any process. Classification as Read is appropriate with low severity.
From the tool's definition The tool 'get_datetime' retrieves the current date and time in various formats (ISO 8601 string, Unix timestamp, individual components, day of week, week number, timezone information).
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Get the current date and time in various formats. Returns: - ISO 8601 string - Unix timestamp - Individual components (year, month, day, hour, minute, second) - Day of week and week number - Timezone information This tool does not require any parameters. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Toolkit Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Toolkit Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_datetime: 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 MCP Toolkit Server. Nothing to install.
get_datetime 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_datetime 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_datetime. 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_datetime is provided by the MCP Toolkit Server MCP server (vyshnavi-nandyala/mcp-toolkit-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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