Find card IDs matching a query in Anki
AI agents call find-cards to retrieve information from Anki 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 data (card IDs) based on a search query without creating, modifying, or deleting any content. It has no side effects and presents minimal risk even if called by an AI agent with arbitrary queries. The blast radius is limited to information disclosure of existing card identifiers.
From the tool's definition Tool is named 'find-cards' and described as 'Find card IDs matching a query in Anki'. The verb 'find' and the purpose of retrieving matching card IDs indicate a read-only query operation with no modification, deletion, or execution of external operations.
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Find card IDs matching a query in Anki. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Anki MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Anki MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for find-cards: 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 Anki MCP Server. Nothing to install.
find-cards 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 find-cards 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 find-cards. 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.
find-cards is provided by the Anki MCP Server MCP server (johwiebe/anki-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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