Get the power state of a specific VM.
AI agents call get_vm_power_state to retrieve information from VMware Fusion 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 state information from a VM without side effects. It does not modify, execute commands on, or delete any resources. Power state queries are read-only operations with minimal blast radius if misused—an agent could query many VMs but cannot harm them with this tool alone.
From the tool's definition The tool is named 'get_vm_power_state' and described as 'Get the power state of a specific VM.' This is a retrieval operation that queries the current state of a virtual machine without modifying it.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_vm_power_state gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and VMware Fusion MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_vm_power_state:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_vm_power_state": {}
}
}get_vm_power_state is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get the power state of a specific VM. It is categorised as a Read tool in the VMware Fusion MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the VMware Fusion MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_vm_power_state: 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 VMware Fusion MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_vm_power_state 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_vm_power_state 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_vm_power_state. 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_vm_power_state is provided by the VMware Fusion MCP Server MCP server (yeahdongcn/vmware-fusion-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from VMware Fusion MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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