Inventory mode. List all ${PROGRAM_COUNT} AXIS programs, their generators, pricing tier, and artifact paths. Free, no auth, and no side effects. Use search_and_discover_tools instead when you only have a keyword, or discover_commerce_tools when you need install and onboarding metadata.
AI agents call list_programs to retrieve information from AXIS iliad without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs only data retrieval with no modification, creation, deletion, execution, or financial transaction. It explicitly declares 'no side effects' and serves an informational purpose. The lowest severity (low) is appropriate because reading a program inventory list poses minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition The tool description states it 'List[s] all ${PROGRAM_COUNT} AXIS programs' with 'no side effects' and is 'Free, no auth'.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Inventory mode. List all ${PROGRAM_COUNT} AXIS programs, their generators, pricing tier, and artifact paths. Free, no auth, and no side effects. Use search_and_discover_tools instead when you only have a keyword, or discover_commerce_tools when you need install and onboarding metadata. It is categorised as a Read tool in the AXIS iliad MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the AXIS iliad MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_programs: 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 AXIS iliad. Nothing to install.
list_programs 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_programs 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_programs. 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_programs is provided by the AXIS iliad MCP server (lastmanupinc-hub/axis-iliad). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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