Get the AndroidManifest.xml content from a decoded APK project with validation. Args: project_dir: Path to the APKTool project directory Returns: Dictionary with manifest content, metadata, and validation results
AI agents call get_manifest to retrieve information from Apktool 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 and reads the AndroidManifest.xml file, which is a core metadata file in Android apps. While classified as Read (no data modification), the severity is medium rather than low because the manifest contains sensitive information about app permissions, activities, services, and intent filters that could enable reconnaissance for further attacks.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_manifest' and description 'Get the AndroidManifest.xml content from a decoded APK project' indicate retrieval of data without modification. Returns 'manifest content, metadata, and validation results'.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_manifest gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Apktool MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_manifest:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_manifest": {}
}
}get_manifest is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get the AndroidManifest.xml content from a decoded APK project with validation. Args: project_dir: Path to the APKTool project directory Returns: Dictionary with manifest content, metadata, and validation results. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apktool MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Apktool MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_manifest: 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 Apktool MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_manifest 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_manifest 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_manifest. 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_manifest is provided by the Apktool MCP Server MCP server (zinja-coder/apktool-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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