Get full-text content from PDFs, attachments, notes, and abstracts. May contain OCR artifacts. When user asks for complete text, provide it without summarization.
AI agents call get_content to retrieve information from Zotero Agent without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves existing data (full-text content, OCR output, abstracts, notes) from the Zotero library without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It is purely informational and has no side effects on the data or system. This aligns with the Read category definition of querying or retrieving data with no side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get full-text content from PDFs, attachments, notes, and abstracts' with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities. The verb 'Get' and the retrieval-only nature indicate this is a read operation.
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Get full-text content from PDFs, attachments, notes, and abstracts. May contain OCR artifacts. When user asks for complete text, provide it without summarization. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Zotero Agent MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Zotero Agent MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_content: 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 Zotero Agent. Nothing to install.
get_content 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_content 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_content. 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_content is provided by the Zotero Agent MCP server (psiQAQ/zotero-agent). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
get_content is one line of Zotero Agent's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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