Returns the currently selected text in the decompiled code view.
AI agents call get_selected_text to retrieve information from JADX-MCP-SERVER 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 the UI to retrieve user-selected text from a decompiled code view. It performs no modifications, deletions, or external operations—only information retrieval. It aligns with the 'Read' category (retrieves or queries data; no side effects).
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_selected_text' and description 'Returns the currently selected text in the decompiled code view' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_selected_text gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and JADX-MCP-SERVER, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_selected_text:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_selected_text": {}
}
}get_selected_text is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Returns the currently selected text in the decompiled code view. It is categorised as a Read tool in the JADX-MCP-SERVER MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the JADX-MCP-SERVER MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_selected_text: 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 JADX-MCP-SERVER. Nothing to install.
get_selected_text 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_selected_text 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_selected_text. 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_selected_text is provided by the JADX-MCP-SERVER MCP server (zinja-coder/jadx-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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32 JADX-MCP-SERVER tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.