Search for Notion pages.
AI agents call search_pages to retrieve information from Notion MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries/retrieves page data from Notion without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It is a read-only operation with minimal risk—an AI agent using this tool can only discover existing pages, not alter them. Severity is low because the blast radius is limited to information disclosure.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'search_pages' and description states 'Search for Notion pages.' Search operations retrieve data without modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search for Notion pages. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Notion MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Notion MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_pages: 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 Notion MCP Server. Nothing to install.
search_pages 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 search_pages 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 search_pages. 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.
search_pages is provided by the Notion MCP Server MCP server (lrgex/notion-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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