AI agents call list_contacts to retrieve information from Fastmail 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 and retrieves contact data from the address book without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward read operation that poses minimal security risk—contact enumeration alone does not enable financial transactions, data destruction, or code execution.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_contacts' and description 'List contacts from the address book' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_contacts gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Fastmail MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_contacts:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_contacts": {}
}
}list_contacts is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List contacts from the address book. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Fastmail MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Fastmail MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_contacts: 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 Fastmail MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_contacts 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_contacts 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_contacts. 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_contacts is provided by the Fastmail MCP Server MCP server (madllama25/fastmail-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Fastmail MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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