Get location information from IP address
AI agents call get-location-by-ip to retrieve information from Mylocation without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or queries location data based on an IP address input. It performs a lookup operation without creating, modifying, deleting, executing code, or transferring funds. The blast radius of misuse is minimal - an attacker could only enumerate location information for IP addresses, which is non-sensitive metadata already publicly resolvable.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get location information from IP address' - a pure data retrieval operation with no side effects. It queries external location data via IPInfo.io and returns information without modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get location information from IP address. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mylocation MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mylocation MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-location-by-ip: 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 Mylocation. Nothing to install.
get-location-by-ip 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-location-by-ip 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-location-by-ip. 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-location-by-ip is provided by the Mylocation MCP server (yhwancha/mylocation-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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