# get_articles_list

A read tool on the AI-Scholarly-Mode MCP server.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `get_articles_list`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/adarshrkumar-ai-scholarly-mode/get-articles-list

## Facts

- Tool: `get_articles_list`
- Server: AI-Scholarly-Mode (`adarshrkumar/ai-scholarly-mode`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/adarshrkumar-ai-scholarly-mode.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/adarshrkumar/AI-Scholarly-Mode
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade C, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_articles_list",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why get_articles_list is rated Low

This is a read-only operation that queries and returns academic article data from Springer Nature's open access collection. It has no side effects, does not modify data, and poses minimal security risk. The worst-case misuse would be excessive querying or information gathering, both low-severity concerns in an academic context.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'get_articles_list' and description 'Get articles list' indicate retrieval of article metadata. The server description confirms it 'search and retrieve peer-reviewed academic articles' with 'specialized mode for research-driven conversations' and…"

## Use case

AI agents call get_articles_list to retrieve information from AI-Scholarly-Mode without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches AI-Scholarly-Mode:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_articles_list": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on AI-Scholarly-Mode (3)

- `scholarly-mode-start` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adarshrkumar-ai-scholarly-mode/scholarly-mode-start.md
- `scholarly-mode-stop` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/adarshrkumar-ai-scholarly-mode/scholarly-mode-stop.md
- `get_springer_article_data` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adarshrkumar-ai-scholarly-mode/get-springer-article-data.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=adarshrkumar-ai-scholarly-mode · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/adarshrkumar-ai-scholarly-mode