AI agents call permission_get to retrieve information from LocalAnt without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries the current state of security permissions and allowed resources. It has no side effects—it only returns information about what permissions are already configured. This is a standard Read category operation with low severity since it merely exposes existing permission metadata without enabling harmful actions directly.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'permission_get' and description 'Get current security permissions (mode + allowed dirs/commands)' indicate a read-only query operation that retrieves configuration data without modifying or executing anything.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get current security permissions (mode + allowed dirs/commands). It is categorised as a Read tool in the LocalAnt MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the LocalAnt MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for permission_get: 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 LocalAnt. Nothing to install.
permission_get 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 permission_get 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 permission_get. 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.
permission_get is provided by the LocalAnt MCP server (yuga-hashimoto/localant). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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