listFolders

What listFolders does on Nodebench

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

Why listFolders is rated Low

This tool retrieves folder information from the user's filesystem or storage system. The verb 'list' and the absence of any modification language (create, update, delete) clearly indicate a read-only operation with no side effects. Severity is low because folder enumeration has minimal blast radius unless the system contains highly sensitive structural information, which is not indicated here.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'listFolders' and description 'List all user folders' indicate a query operation that retrieves data without modification.

Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets

The rule that runs listFolders safely

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

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

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