Get a list of all available tools provided by this MCP server.
AI agents call get_available_tools to retrieve information from OpenF1 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 lists information about available tools—a pure read operation with no ability to modify, delete, execute, or affect financial systems. The blast radius is minimal as it only exposes the server's own API surface, which is already discoverable through other means. Severity is low because misuse cannot cause harm beyond information disclosure of publicly available tool metadata.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_available_tools' and description 'Get a list of all available tools' indicate a read-only query operation that retrieves metadata about server capabilities with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get a list of all available tools provided by this MCP server. It is categorised as a Read tool in the OpenF1 MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the OpenF1 MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_available_tools: 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 OpenF1 MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_available_tools 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 get_available_tools 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 get_available_tools. 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.
get_available_tools is provided by the OpenF1 MCP Server MCP server (jimmyjoe009/openf1_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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