Finds files and directories using fd with structured output. Returns file paths, names, and extensions.
AI agents call find to retrieve information from Make without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The 'find' tool performs a read-only query operation that searches the filesystem and returns metadata (paths, names, extensions) without modifying, executing, or deleting anything. This is a straightforward Read category tool with low severity since it poses minimal risk if misused by an AI agent—worst case being filesystem information disclosure or noisy output.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Finds files and directories' and 'Returns file paths, names, and extensions' — pure data retrieval with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access find gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Make, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for find:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"find": {}
}
}find is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Finds files and directories using fd with structured output. Returns file paths, names, and extensions. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Make MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Make MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for find: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Make. Nothing to install.
find is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the find rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for find. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
find is provided by the Make MCP server (Dave-London/Pare). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Make, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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