AI agents call get-user-followers to retrieve information from X without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves publicly available follower information about an X (Twitter) user. It performs a read-only query with no ability to modify, delete, or execute operations. The blast radius is minimal as it only accesses existing data. Confidence is high due to clear read-operation semantics and consistent naming convention with other benign retrieval tools on the server.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get-user-followers' and description 'Get followers of a specific X user' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get followers of a specific X user. It is categorised as a Read tool in the X MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the X MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-user-followers: 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 X. Nothing to install.
get-user-followers 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-user-followers 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-user-followers. 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-user-followers is provided by the X MCP server (siddheshutd/x-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
get-user-followers is one line of X's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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