Get recent messages received by the Telegram bot. Args: limit: Max number of updates to retrieve (default 10).
AI agents call telegram_get_updates to retrieve information from autoMate without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves historical message data from Telegram without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. It is a passive read operation on stored communications, analogous to fetching logs or querying a database for existing records. The low severity reflects that message retrieval alone poses minimal risk compared to tools that could send messages, modify data, or execute code.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'telegram_get_updates' and description 'Get recent messages received by the Telegram bot' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects. The 'limit' parameter controls query scope, not data modification.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access telegram_get_updates gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and autoMate, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for telegram_get_updates:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"telegram_get_updates": {}
}
}telegram_get_updates is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get recent messages received by the Telegram bot. Args: limit: Max number of updates to retrieve (default 10). It is categorised as a Read tool in the autoMate MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the autoMate MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for telegram_get_updates: 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 autoMate. Nothing to install.
telegram_get_updates 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 telegram_get_updates 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 telegram_get_updates. 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.
telegram_get_updates is provided by the autoMate MCP server (yuruotong1/automate). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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