list_spools

What list_spools does on Kiln

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

Why list_spools is rated Low

This tool queries and returns inventory data about filament spools without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward read operation with minimal security risk. The only potential concern would be information disclosure if the inventory includes sensitive supply chain data, but this is a low-severity risk in the context of 3D printer management.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_spools' and description 'List all tracked filament spools in inventory' both indicate a query/retrieval operation with no modification of state.

The rule that runs list_spools safely

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

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

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