list_credentials

What list_credentials does on MCP Framework Personal

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

Why list_credentials is rated Low

This tool retrieves or queries credential data without side effects, making it a Read operation. The severity is high because credentials are security-sensitive information whose exposure could enable unauthorized access, impersonation, or privilege escalation. Confidence is moderate (0.75) due to the empty description; if this tool actually returned plaintext secrets or tokens, severity could be critical.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_credentials' and sibling tools ('audit_credential_usage', 'issue_credential', 'revoke_credential', 'verify_credential') indicate this is a Credential Manager server. 'list_credentials' retrieves credential data with no modification.

The rule that runs list_credentials safely

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

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

Questions about list_credentials