describe_tool

Describe brevemente una herramienta MCP disponible en este servidor.

Server Cybersecurity Professor MCP Server yesidleon1393/cybersec-mcp
Category Read
Risk class Low
Parameters 00 required

What describe_tool does on Cybersecurity Professor MCP Server

AI agents call describe_tool to retrieve information from Cybersecurity Professor MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why describe_tool needs a policy

This is a read-only operation that retrieves descriptive information about MCP tools. It has no side effects, does not execute code, does not modify data, and poses minimal security risk. The tool simply provides documentation/metadata about other tools on the server.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'describe_tool' and description 'Describe brevemente una herramienta MCP disponible en este servidor' indicate retrieval and querying of metadata about available tools. No modification, deletion, code execution, or financial impact occurs.

Questions about describe_tool

What does the describe_tool tool do? +

Describe brevemente una herramienta MCP disponible en este servidor. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Cybersecurity Professor MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on describe_tool? +

Register the Cybersecurity Professor MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for describe_tool: 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 Cybersecurity Professor MCP Server. Nothing to install.

What risk level is describe_tool? +

describe_tool is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit describe_tool? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the describe_tool 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.

How do I block describe_tool completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for describe_tool. 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.

What MCP server provides describe_tool? +

describe_tool is provided by the Cybersecurity Professor MCP Server MCP server (yesidleon1393/cybersec-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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