Get detailed information about a specific book
AI agents call get-book to retrieve information from NeoDB 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 book data from NeoDB without modifying, deleting, or executing code. It is a straightforward read operation that queries the API for information. Low severity because misuse would only expose public book catalog data with no side effects, financial impact, or system risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get-book' and description 'Get detailed information about a specific book' indicate a retrieval operation. The server description emphasizes 'fetch' and 'retrieve' as core operations with no modification or deletion capabilities mentioned.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get detailed information about a specific book. It is categorised as a Read tool in the NeoDB MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the NeoDB MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-book: 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 NeoDB MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get-book 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-book 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-book. 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-book is provided by the NeoDB MCP Server MCP server (xytangme/neodb-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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