corpus_list_scanners

What corpus_list_scanners does on Livepilot

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

Why corpus_list_scanners is rated Low

This tool performs a read-only enumeration of system scanner types and their properties. It has no side effects, makes no changes to state, executes no external operations, and poses minimal risk if misused by an AI agent—the worst outcome would be disclosure of scanner metadata that is likely already known or easily discoverable.

From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'list' and description states 'Enumerate registered scanner types' — a query operation that retrieves metadata about available scanners and their file extension support without modifying, executing, or deleting anything.

The rule that runs corpus_list_scanners safely

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

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

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