list_memories

What list_memories does on Frontmcp

AI agents call list_memories 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_memories is rated Low

This tool queries or retrieves data (keys stored in memory within a scope) without modifying, creating, deleting, or executing anything. It is a straightforward read operation. Severity is low because listing keys poses minimal risk—it exposes only metadata about what is remembered, not sensitive values themselves, and causes no state changes.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_memories' and description 'List all remembered keys in a scope' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects. The verb 'list' is characteristic of read-only operations.

The rule that runs list_memories 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_memories, this is the rule to start with:

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

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