list_application_categories

What list_application_categories does on Fortimanager

AI agents call list_application_categories to retrieve information from Fortimanager without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why list_application_categories is rated Low

The 'list' prefix strongly suggests this tool retrieves or queries existing application categories from FortiManager without modifying, deleting, or executing anything. Even in a network security management context, listing categories is a passive information retrieval operation. Low severity because the blast radius of misuse is limited to information disclosure of non-sensitive metadata.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_application_categories' uses the verb 'list', which indicates data retrieval with no side effects. The description is empty, which reduces confidence slightly, but the naming pattern is consistent with read operations.

The rule that runs list_application_categories safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Fortimanager, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For list_application_categories, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "list_application_categories": {}
  }
}

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