Check ADB/Shizuku installation and connection status.
AI agents call adb_status to retrieve information from Android MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a status/diagnostic read operation that queries whether ADB and Shizuku are installed and connected. It does not modify, execute, delete, or move anything; it simply returns state information. Even in the context of an Android control server with significant capabilities, this particular tool is a safe informational query, so it falls squarely in the Read category with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Check ADB/Shizuku installation and connection status' — purely informational query with no side effects, only retrieves system state.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Check ADB/Shizuku installation and connection status. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Android MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Android MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for adb_status: 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 Android MCP Server. Nothing to install.
adb_status 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 adb_status 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 adb_status. 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.
adb_status is provided by the Android MCP Server MCP server (wujie272/android-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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