get_person_by_wca_id
AI agents call get_person_by_wca_id to retrieve information from Unofficial WCA 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 data about a specific person using their WCA ID without modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It fits the Read category as a simple data lookup/fetch operation. The blast radius is minimal since WCA competitor data is publicly available. Severity is low due to the benign nature of public sports statistics.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_person_by_wca_id' and server context indicate retrieval of competitor profiles from World Cube Association public data.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
get_person_by_wca_id. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Unofficial WCA MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Unofficial WCA MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_person_by_wca_id: 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 Unofficial WCA MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_person_by_wca_id 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_person_by_wca_id 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_person_by_wca_id. 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_person_by_wca_id is provided by the Unofficial WCA MCP Server MCP server (yuchengmautk/unofficial-wca-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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