AI agents call kibela_search_notes to retrieve information from MCP Kibela without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or queries data from Kibela without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward read-only search function that returns matching notes based on a query parameter. No data is altered, no code is executed, and no external operations are triggered. This is a classic Read category tool with low risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'kibela_search_notes' and description states 'Search Kibela notes by query'. The verb 'search' indicates a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access kibela_search_notes gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP Kibela, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for kibela_search_notes:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"kibela_search_notes": {}
}
}kibela_search_notes is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Search Kibela notes by query. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Kibela MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Kibela MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for kibela_search_notes: 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 MCP Kibela. Nothing to install.
kibela_search_notes 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 kibela_search_notes 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 kibela_search_notes. 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.
kibela_search_notes is provided by the MCP Kibela MCP server (kj455/mcp-kibela). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from MCP Kibela, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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