Lists all 17 global rule names available in ~/.claude/rules/. Rules: artisan-commands, banners, commands, conventions, echo-broadcasting, horizon, laravel, license, livewire, package-standards, pest, php, readme, socialite, tailwind, testing, vibe-flow. Use rules_get_global_rule to read a specifi...
AI agents call rules_list_global_rules to retrieve information from Claude Rules MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and enumerates available global rules without side effects. It is a simple listing/discovery operation that allows clients to see what rules exist. No data is modified, deleted, or executed. The output is informational only, making it a Read category risk with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'list', description states it 'Lists all 17 global rule names' with no modification or execution capability. The verb 'Lists' and explicit reference to read-only retrieval of rule names indicates a query operation.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Lists all 17 global rule names available in ~/.claude/rules/. Rules: artisan-commands, banners, commands, conventions, echo-broadcasting, horizon, laravel, license, livewire, package-standards, pest, php, readme, socialite, tailwind, testing, vibe-flow. Use rules_get_global_rule to read a specific rule. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Claude Rules MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Claude Rules MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for rules_list_global_rules: 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 Claude Rules MCP Server. Nothing to install.
rules_list_global_rules 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 rules_list_global_rules 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 rules_list_global_rules. 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.
rules_list_global_rules is provided by the Claude Rules MCP Server MCP server (jeremykenedy/claude-rules-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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