recipe_list

What recipe_list does on Local

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

Why recipe_list is rated Low

This tool queries and returns metadata about available recipes without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. It is informational only, enabling the user/agent to discover what recipes exist before deciding to run one via recipe_run. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent might list recipes repeatedly, but cannot cause harm through listing alone.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'recipe_list' and description state it 'Lists available workflow recipes' — a retrieval/query operation with no side effects. The description explicitly indicates read-only behavior: 'with name, description and params'.

The rule that runs recipe_list safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Local, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For recipe_list, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "recipe_list": {}
  }
}

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