List all available WWDC years with video counts and statistics. Shows which years have content available and how many videos each year contains.
AI agents call list_wwdc_years to retrieve information from Apple Docs MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a straightforward metadata retrieval operation that queries and returns informational statistics about WWDC content. It has no side effects, does not execute code, does not modify or delete data, and does not trigger external operations. The blast radius of misuse is negligible—an agent could only access publicly available documentation metadata.
From the tool's definition Tool lists available WWDC years with video counts and statistics—purely retrieves metadata about content availability with no modification, deletion, or execution capability.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_wwdc_years gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Apple Docs MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_wwdc_years:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_wwdc_years": {}
}
}list_wwdc_years is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List all available WWDC years with video counts and statistics. Shows which years have content available and how many videos each year contains. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apple Docs MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Apple Docs MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_wwdc_years: 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 Apple Docs MCP. Nothing to install.
list_wwdc_years 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_wwdc_years 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_wwdc_years. 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_wwdc_years is provided by the Apple Docs MCP server (kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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