AI agents call list_apis_by_category to retrieve information from Daraja API MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool appears to retrieve or enumerate Safaricom Daraja API documentation organized by category. It performs no data modification, deletion, or external action—it simply queries and returns documentation references. The lack of description is mitigated by consistent naming conventions and sibling tool patterns that all indicate documentation retrieval.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_apis_by_category' indicates a listing/retrieval operation. The sibling tools include 'search_daraja_apis', 'get_api_summary', and 'get_daraja_api_doc', all of which are clearly Read operations.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_apis_by_category gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Daraja API MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_apis_by_category:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_apis_by_category": {}
}
}list_apis_by_category is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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list_apis_by_category. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Daraja API MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Daraja API MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_apis_by_category: 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 Daraja API MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_apis_by_category 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 list_apis_by_category 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 list_apis_by_category. 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.
list_apis_by_category is provided by the Daraja API MCP Server MCP server (jackscodevault/mpesa-daraja-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Daraja API MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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