List hosts in AWX inventory
AI agents call awx_inventory_hosts_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 retrieves and lists hosts from an AWX inventory without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a pure read operation with minimal blast radius if misused—an agent would only be able to enumerate hosts it may already have access to view.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'awx_inventory_hosts_list' and description 'List hosts in AWX inventory' indicate a query/listing operation with no modification.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access awx_inventory_hosts_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_inventory_hosts_list:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"awx_inventory_hosts_list": {}
}
}awx_inventory_hosts_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 hosts in AWX inventory. 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_inventory_hosts_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_inventory_hosts_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_inventory_hosts_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_inventory_hosts_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_inventory_hosts_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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