List available Spiral models with their capabilities.
AI agents call list_models to retrieve information from Spiral 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 read-only query operation that enumerates models and their metadata. It has no side effects, does not execute code or commands, does not modify data, and does not involve financial transactions. It is a straightforward informational lookup, placing it firmly in the Read category with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_models' and description 'List available Spiral models with their capabilities' indicate a retrieval operation that queries and returns information about available models without modifying, executing, or deleting anything.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_models gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Spiral MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_models:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_models": {}
}
}list_models is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List available Spiral models with their capabilities. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Spiral MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Spiral MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_models: 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 Spiral MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_models 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_models 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_models. 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_models is provided by the Spiral MCP Server MCP server (jxnl/spiral-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Spiral 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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