Browse available BC specialists and their expertise areas. Useful for discovering the specialist team and understanding who helps with what. After browsing, use ask_bc_expert with preferred_specialist parameter to connect with a specific specialist.
AI agents call list_specialists to retrieve information from Bc Code Intelligence 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 information about available specialists and their expertise areas. It performs no modifications, deletions, executions, or financial operations. The outcome is informational only, enabling users to browse and understand the specialist team before potentially engaging one via ask_bc_expert.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'list_specialists' and description states it 'Browse[s] available BC specialists' — a read-only discovery operation with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_specialists gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Bc Code Intelligence, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_specialists:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_specialists": {}
}
}list_specialists is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Browse available BC specialists and their expertise areas. Useful for discovering the specialist team and understanding who helps with what. After browsing, use ask_bc_expert with preferred_specialist parameter to connect with a specific specialist. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Bc Code Intelligence MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Bc Code Intelligence MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_specialists: 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 Bc Code Intelligence. Nothing to install.
list_specialists 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_specialists 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_specialists. 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_specialists is provided by the Bc Code Intelligence MCP server (jeremyvyska/bc-code-intelligence-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Bc Code Intelligence, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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