# despezzas_list_categories

Lista categorias padrão e do usuário.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `despezzas_list_categories`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-list-categories

## Facts

- Tool: `despezzas_list_categories`
- Server: Despezzas (`guipmilek/despezzas-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/guipmilek/despezzas-mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, 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": "despezzas_list_categories",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why despezzas_list_categories is rated Low

This tool retrieves and queries existing category data without creating, modifying, or deleting any information. It has minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent, as reading category metadata poses no financial or data integrity risk.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name contains 'list' and description states 'Lista categorias' (lists categories). The action is retrieval only with no modification or side effects."

## Use case

AI agents call despezzas_list_categories to retrieve information from Despezzas 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 Despezzas:

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

## Other tools on Despezzas (34)

- `despezzas_delete_account` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-delete-account.md
- `despezzas_delete_credit_card` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-delete-credit-card.md
- `despezzas_delete_profile` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-delete-profile.md
- `despezzas_delete_transaction` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-delete-transaction.md
- `despezzas_raw_api` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-raw-api.md
- `despezzas_create_transaction` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-create-transaction.md
- `despezzas_create_transfer` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-create-transfer.md
- `despezzas_export_transactions` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-export-transactions.md
- `despezzas_finance_summary` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-finance-summary.md
- `despezzas_list_accounts` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-list-accounts.md
- `despezzas_list_banks` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-list-banks.md
- `despezzas_list_credit_cards` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-list-credit-cards.md
- `despezzas_list_profiles` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-list-profiles.md
- `despezzas_list_subcategories` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-list-subcategories.md
- `despezzas_personal_config` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-personal-config.md
- `despezzas_prepare_delete_transaction` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-prepare-delete-transaction.md
- `despezzas_profile` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-profile.md
- `despezzas_search_transactions` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-search-transactions.md
- `despezzas_status` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-status.md
- `despezzas_transaction_overview` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-transaction-overview.md
- `despezzas_batch_update_transactions` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-batch-update-transactions.md
- `despezzas_create_account` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-create-account.md
- `despezzas_create_credit_card` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-create-credit-card.md
- `despezzas_create_profile` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-create-profile.md
- `despezzas_duplicate_transaction` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-duplicate-transaction.md
- `despezzas_leave_profile` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-leave-profile.md
- `despezzas_prepare_create_transaction` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-prepare-create-transaction.md
- `despezzas_prepare_update_transaction` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-prepare-update-transaction.md
- `despezzas_switch_profile` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-switch-profile.md
- `despezzas_toggle_transaction_paid` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp/despezzas-toggle-transaction-paid.md
- …and 4 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/despezzas-mcp.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=despezzas-mcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/despezzas-mcp