list_jobs

What list_jobs does on Frontmcp

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

Why list_jobs is rated Low

This tool retrieves information about registered jobs with optional filters. It performs no modifications, deletions, or execution of jobs—only retrieval and display of metadata. This is a classic Read category tool with minimal security risk unless the job data itself contains sensitive information, but the tool itself does not perform destructive, financial, or executable operations.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_jobs' and description 'List registered jobs with optional filtering by tags or labels' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects. The verb 'List' and qualifier 'optional filtering' confirm this is a query/read action.

The rule that runs list_jobs safely

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

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

Questions about list_jobs