canvas_list_notifications

What canvas_list_notifications does on Cowork Bench

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

Why canvas_list_notifications is rated Low

This tool retrieves or queries notification data for a user with no apparent side effects, modifications, or destructive capabilities. It fits the Read category definition: 'retrieves or queries data; no side effects (search, list, get, fetch)'. The description is somewhat sparse, which slightly reduces confidence, but the naming pattern and 'list' operation clearly indicate a read-only query function.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'canvas_list_notifications' and description 'List user' indicate retrieval of notification data without modification. The verb 'list' and action of retrieving user notifications are characteristic of Read operations.

The rule that runs canvas_list_notifications safely

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

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

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