List meals in a given category.
AI agents call recipes_by_category to retrieve information from Mcp Everything without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and lists recipe data filtered by category. It performs a read-only query operation with no side effects, data modification, code execution, or resource consumption beyond data lookup. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could retrieve many recipes or unusual categories, but cannot harm systems or data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'recipes_by_category' and description 'List meals in a given category' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no modification or execution of external systems.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List meals in a given category. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Everything MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Everything MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for recipes_by_category: 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 Everything. Nothing to install.
recipes_by_category 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 recipes_by_category 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 recipes_by_category. 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.
recipes_by_category is provided by the Mcp Everything MCP server (wellix260/mcp-everything). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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