Search New Relic logs with keyword filtering and optional attributes.
AI agents call search-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 and filters existing log data from New Relic without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It is a pure read operation that returns search results based on user-provided keywords and filters.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search-logs' and description 'Search New Relic logs with keyword filtering and optional attributes' indicate querying/retrieving log data without modification or deletion.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search New Relic logs with keyword filtering and optional attributes. 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 search-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.
search-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 search-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 search-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.
search-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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