AI agents call get_archived_chats to retrieve information from Telegram MCP Complete 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 a list of archived chats from Telegram. It performs a read-only operation with no side effects—it neither creates, modifies, executes commands, deletes data, nor commits financial obligations. The minimal blast radius (retrieving metadata about archived conversations) and lack of state mutation classify this as a Read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_archived_chats' and description '获取归档的聊天列表' (Get list of archived chats) indicate retrieval of existing data with no modification or deletion.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_archived_chats gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Telegram MCP Complete, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_archived_chats:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_archived_chats": {}
}
}get_archived_chats is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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获取归档的聊天列表. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Telegram MCP Complete MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Telegram MCP Complete MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_archived_chats: 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 Telegram MCP Complete. Nothing to install.
get_archived_chats 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_archived_chats 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_archived_chats. 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_archived_chats is provided by the Telegram MCP Complete MCP server (you922/telegram-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Telegram MCP Complete, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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