get-my-location · Mylocation MCP: Risk & Policy

WHAT IT DOES

What get-my-location does on Mylocation

AI agents call get-my-location 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.

WHY IT NEEDS A POLICY

Why get-my-location needs a policy

This tool queries external location services and returns data without any side effects. It performs a read-only operation that retrieves geographic information associated with an IP address. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. The information returned could be considered sensitive (user's approximate location), but that is a data sensitivity issue rather than a capability classification issue.

From the tool's definition Tool retrieves location information based on current IP address using ipify and ipinfo services. Description uses 'get' and retrieval language with no mention of modification, deletion, or execution of commands.

Attacks that exploit this kind of access

Questions about get-my-location

What does the get-my-location tool do? +

Get location information using current IP address via ipify and ipinfo. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mylocation MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get-my-location? +

Register the Mylocation MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-my-location: 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.

What risk level is get-my-location? +

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

Can I rate-limit get-my-location? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get-my-location 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 get-my-location completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get-my-location. 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 get-my-location? +

get-my-location 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.