List active alarms with optional filtering by severity
AI agents call list_alarms to retrieve information from Intersight MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a data retrieval operation (list/query) with optional filtering parameters. It has no side effects, does not modify infrastructure state, and does not execute commands or delete data. The filtering capability does not change its fundamental nature as a read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_alarms' and description 'List active alarms with optional filtering by severity' indicate a read-only query operation that retrieves alarm data without modifying or deleting anything.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_alarms gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Intersight MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_alarms:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_alarms": {}
}
}list_alarms is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List active alarms with optional filtering by severity. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Intersight MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Intersight MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_alarms: 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 Intersight MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_alarms 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_alarms 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_alarms. 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_alarms is provided by the Intersight MCP Server MCP server (jim-coyne/intersight_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Intersight 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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