list_available_hdf5_files

What list_available_hdf5_files does on CLIO Adios

AI agents call list_available_hdf5_files to retrieve information from CLIO Adios without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why list_available_hdf5_files is rated Low

This is a Read operation: it retrieves and lists data (HDF5 file metadata and URIs). However, severity is elevated to 'high' rather than 'low' because: (1) HDF5 files in scientific/BP5 computing contexts often contain sensitive research data, proprietary experimental results, or personal information; (2) exposing resource URIs could enable an agent to subsequently access or exfiltrate those files; (3) in an…

From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states it 'List[s] all registered HDF5 files with resource URIs' — a retrieval operation with no modification. The name 'list_available_hdf5_files' and description confirm it queries/enumerates data without side effects.

The rule that runs list_available_hdf5_files safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and CLIO Adios, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For list_available_hdf5_files, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "list_available_hdf5_files": {}
  }
}

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