computer_cursor_position

What computer_cursor_position does on LocalAnt

AI agents call computer_cursor_position to retrieve information from LocalAnt without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why computer_cursor_position is rated Low

This tool retrieves the current position of the mouse cursor—a read-only query with no side effects, no code execution, and no modifications to system state. It falls squarely into the Read category. Severity is low because knowing cursor position poses minimal risk even in an unintended context; it provides only transient information about UI state and cannot be leveraged to cause harm on its own.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'computer_cursor_position' and description 'Get the current mouse cursor position' indicate a query operation that retrieves state information without modifying or executing any actions.

The rule that runs computer_cursor_position safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and LocalAnt, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For computer_cursor_position, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "computer_cursor_position": {}
  }
}

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