List AWX credentials
AI agents call awx_credentials_list to retrieve information from Pypi:awx without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a list/query operation to retrieve existing AWX credentials. It has no side effects—it does not create, modify, delete, or execute anything. The blast radius of misuse is minimal; an attacker gains visibility into credential names/types but cannot directly access secret values or perform privileged actions. Classified as Read with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'awx_credentials_list' and description states 'List AWX credentials', which is a read-only query operation that retrieves credential metadata without modification.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access awx_credentials_list gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Pypi:awx, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for awx_credentials_list:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"awx_credentials_list": {}
}
}awx_credentials_list is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List AWX credentials. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Pypi:awx MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Pypi:awx MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for awx_credentials_list: 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 Pypi:awx. Nothing to install.
awx_credentials_list 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 awx_credentials_list 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 awx_credentials_list. 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.
awx_credentials_list is provided by the Pypi:awx MCP server (SurgeX-Labs/awx-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Pypi:awx, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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