Get programming guides and tutorials for Connect IQ development
AI agents call get_programming_guide to retrieve information from Garmin Documentation 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 returns static documentation content (programming guides and tutorials). It has no side effects, does not execute code, does not modify any data, and does not trigger external operations. It is a read-only query operation similar to the sibling tools (search_garmin_docs, get_api_examples, get_class_details, etc.) which are all documentation retrieval functions.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_programming_guide' and description states it 'Get[s] programming guides and tutorials for Connect IQ development' — purely informational retrieval with no data modification or execution capabilities.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_programming_guide gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Garmin Documentation MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_programming_guide:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_programming_guide": {}
}
}get_programming_guide is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get programming guides and tutorials for Connect IQ development. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Garmin Documentation MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Garmin Documentation MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_programming_guide: 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 Garmin Documentation MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_programming_guide 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_programming_guide 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_programming_guide. 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_programming_guide is provided by the Garmin Documentation MCP Server MCP server (ztuskes/garmin-documentation-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Garmin Documentation MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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