AI agents call list_assets to retrieve information from Mcp Dagster without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and enumerates assets from a Dagster repository without creating, modifying, executing, or deleting anything. It has no side effects and is purely informational, fitting the 'Read' category with low severity as it poses minimal risk even if called inappropriately by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_assets' and description 'List all assets in a specific repository' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no modification or execution of pipelines.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_assets gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Mcp Dagster, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_assets:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_assets": {}
}
}list_assets 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 assets in a specific repository. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Dagster MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Dagster MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_assets: 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 Dagster. Nothing to install.
list_assets 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_assets 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_assets. 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_assets is provided by the Mcp Dagster MCP server (kyryl-opens-ml/mcp-server-dagster). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Mcp Dagster, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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