List all available research topics (vector databases).
AI agents call list_research_topics to retrieve information from Kavi Research Assistant without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only retrieves and displays metadata about existing research topics without modifying, creating, or deleting any data. It has no side effects and poses minimal risk—the blast radius of misuse is merely exposing a list of topic names that are already on the system. Classification as Read with low severity is appropriate.
From the tool's definition Tool performs 'List all available research topics' which is a retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or execution of code. The verb 'list' and the read-only nature of querying available topics confirms this is a non-destructive query operation.
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List all available research topics (vector databases). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Kavi Research Assistant MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Kavi Research Assistant MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_research_topics: 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 Kavi Research Assistant. Nothing to install.
list_research_topics 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_research_topics 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_research_topics. 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_research_topics is provided by the Kavi Research Assistant MCP server (machhakiran/kavi-research-assistant-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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