List memories saved across sessions in shared namespaces.
AI agents call list_shared_memories to retrieve information from Memory Bridge without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a query/list operation on stored memory data. It retrieves information about previously saved memories without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. The action is read-only and has no side effects beyond returning data to the caller.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_shared_memories' and description 'List memories saved across sessions in shared namespaces' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification capability.
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List memories saved across sessions in shared namespaces. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Memory Bridge MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Memory Bridge MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_shared_memories: 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 Memory Bridge. Nothing to install.
list_shared_memories 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_shared_memories 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_shared_memories. 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_shared_memories is provided by the Memory Bridge MCP server (lewenw/claude-memory-bridge). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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