List all recent security scans tracked locally with their status.
AI agents call list_scans to retrieve information from Awslabs Valkey without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only operation by listing previously tracked security scans and reporting their status. It has no side effects, does not execute code or commands, does not modify data, and does not delete anything. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could only retrieve information about scans that are already stored locally.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_scans' and description 'List all recent security scans tracked locally with their status' indicate a query operation that retrieves and displays existing scan data without modifying or executing anything.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List all recent security scans tracked locally with their status. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Awslabs Valkey MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Awslabs Valkey MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_scans: 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 Awslabs Valkey. Nothing to install.
list_scans 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 list_scans 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 list_scans. 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.
list_scans is provided by the Awslabs Valkey MCP server (awslabs.valkey-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.