Get the most recent log entries from New Relic.
AI agents call get-recent-logs to retrieve information from New Relic 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 historical log data from New Relic without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It has no side effects and poses minimal risk—the worst case is information disclosure of logs the agent already has authorization to access. Severity is low due to the read-only nature and limited blast radius.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get-recent-logs' and description 'Get the most recent log entries' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or execution of external systems.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get the most recent log entries from New Relic. It is categorised as a Read tool in the New Relic MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the New Relic MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-recent-logs: 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 New Relic MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get-recent-logs 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-recent-logs 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-recent-logs. 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-recent-logs is provided by the New Relic MCP Server MCP server (xelber/newrelic-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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