list_groups

What list_groups does on AirMCP

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

Why list_groups is rated Low

This tool performs a read-only operation to retrieve and display contact groups from the user's address book. It has no capacity to modify, delete, or execute actions—only to list existing data. The blast radius is minimal since querying contact groups poses no risk of data loss, financial impact, or unauthorized execution.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_groups' and description 'List all contact groups' indicate a query operation that retrieves contact group information without modification or side effects.

The rule that runs list_groups safely

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

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

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