Get detailed information about a protein including sequence, domains, motifs, and structure.
AI agents call get_protein to retrieve information from WormBase 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 protein data from the WormBase database. It performs a query operation that returns information without any side effects, data modification, or external command execution. The server context confirms it enables 'querying' the database for genomics data. No destructive, financial, write, or execute operations are possible with this tool.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_protein' and description 'Get detailed information about a protein including sequence, domains, motifs, and structure' indicate data retrieval only.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get detailed information about a protein including sequence, domains, motifs, and structure. It is categorised as a Read tool in the WormBase MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the WormBase MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_protein: 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 WormBase MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_protein 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 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. 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 is provided by the WormBase MCP Server MCP server (wormbase/wormbase-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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