AI agents call list_targets to retrieve information from Epicure MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool is part of a read-only culinary analytics server and naming patterns align with data retrieval (list_*). However, the empty description reduces confidence slightly—'list_targets' could theoretically refer to entities for modification in a different context, but the server's read-only nature and sibling tool patterns strongly indicate this is a retrieval operation with no side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_targets' suggests a listing/query operation; server description emphasizes read-only access with tools for 'ingredient pairings, flavor profiling, and culinary exploration'; sibling tools (find_pairings, neighbors, list_factors) are all…
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_targets gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Epicure MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_targets:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_targets": {}
}
}list_targets is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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list_targets. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Epicure MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Epicure MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_targets: 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 Epicure MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_targets 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_targets 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_targets. 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_targets is provided by the Epicure MCP Server MCP server (kaikaku-ai/epicure-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Epicure 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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