find_incidents

Search for PagerDuty incidents by title/description.

Server Incident Agent jayliumlp/incident-agent
Category Read
Risk class Low
Parameters 00 required

What find_incidents does on Incident Agent

AI agents call find_incidents to retrieve information from Incident Agent without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why find_incidents needs a policy

This tool searches and retrieves incident information from PagerDuty, which is a read-only operation with no side effects. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations—it only queries existing data. The low severity reflects minimal risk; misuse would only expose incident information that an authorized user might already access.

From the tool's definition The tool 'Search for PagerDuty incidents by title/description' performs a query operation that retrieves incident data without modifying or deleting any information.

Questions about find_incidents

What does the find_incidents tool do? +

Search for PagerDuty incidents by title/description. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Incident Agent MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on find_incidents? +

Register the Incident Agent MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for find_incidents: 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 Incident Agent. Nothing to install.

What risk level is find_incidents? +

find_incidents is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit find_incidents? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the find_incidents 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.

How do I block find_incidents completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for find_incidents. 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.

What MCP server provides find_incidents? +

find_incidents is provided by the Incident Agent MCP server (jayliumlp/incident-agent). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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