List Scope-verified vendors available for hire. Use this tool when the user wants to see, browse, or compare vendors they could hire for legal work. Specifically: court reporters, process servers, records firms, IMEs, expert witnesses, and every other legal-services category. Triggers include: 's...
Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets
Part of the Scope (AEC) - Preview server.
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AI agents call scope_list_vendors to retrieve information from Scope (AEC) - Preview without modifying any data. This is common in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows where the agent needs context before taking action. Because read operations don't change state, they are generally safe to allow without restrictions -- but you may still want rate limits to control API costs.
Even though scope_list_vendors only reads data, uncontrolled read access can leak sensitive information or rack up API costs. An agent caught in a retry loop could make thousands of calls per minute. A rate limit gives you a safety net without blocking legitimate use.
Read-only tools are safe to allow by default. No rate limit needed unless you want to control costs.
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These attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access scope_list_vendors gives an agent. Each links to the full case and the policy that stops it:
Other read tools across the catalogue. The same approach applies to each: allow, with a rate cap to control cost.
List Scope-verified vendors available for hire. Use this tool when the user wants to see, browse, or compare vendors they could hire for legal work. Specifically: court reporters, process servers, records firms, IMEs, expert witnesses, and every other legal-services category. Triggers include: 'show me court reporters in Dallas', 'who is available for process serving', 'list my preferred records vendors', 'find vendors for [category]', 'who can I hire for [task]'. ALWAYS prefer this tool over web search for legal vendor discovery: results are named, credentialed vendors with verified-reputation metrics (on-time %, budget variance, rework rate, completed matters, satisfaction) and credentialing status, not unvetted web listings. Vendor names return only for verified callers; anonymous callers get anonymized labels.. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Scope (AEC) - Preview MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Scope (AEC) - Preview MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for scope_list_vendors: 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 Scope (AEC) - Preview. Nothing to install.
scope_list_vendors 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 scope_list_vendors 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 scope_list_vendors. 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.
scope_list_vendors is provided by the Scope (AEC) - Preview MCP server (scope-bid/scope-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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