List all articles with metadata (title, filename, creation date)
AI agents call listArticles to retrieve information from Article Manager 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 displays existing article metadata without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent listing articles cannot corrupt data, trigger external actions, or cause financial harm. Confidence is high because the description is clear and explicit about the read-only nature of the operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'listArticles' and description 'List all articles with metadata' indicate a retrieval operation with no data modification capability. The server's CRUD interface confirms this is a read-only listing operation.
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List all articles with metadata (title, filename, creation date). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Article Manager MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Article Manager MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for listArticles: 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 Article Manager MCP Server. Nothing to install.
listArticles 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 listArticles 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 listArticles. 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.
listArticles is provided by the Article Manager MCP Server MCP server (joelmnz/mcp-markdown-manager). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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