getUsersByUsername

What getUsersByUsername does on Xdevplatform/xmcp

AI agents call getUsersByUsername to retrieve information from Xdevplatform/xmcp without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why getUsersByUsername is rated Low

This tool performs a straightforward data retrieval operation. It queries user profile information by username, which is a read-only action. There is no indication of data modification, deletion, code execution, or financial operations. The severity is low because username-based profile lookups are typically non-sensitive queries in most systems, though actual risk depends on what profile information is exposed.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'getUsersByUsername' and description 'Retrieve a user profile information by their username' indicate a query operation that retrieves existing data without modification or side effects.

The rule that runs getUsersByUsername safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Xdevplatform/xmcp, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For getUsersByUsername, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "getUsersByUsername": {}
  }
}

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