MANDATORY FIRST STEP - List all available slide templates. YOU MUST call this before adding any slides. Templates are the ONLY way to create good-looking slides. Each template has perfect spacing, typography, and layout built-in.
AI agents call list_templates to retrieve information from Makeslates without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool queries and returns a list of available templates without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is purely informational retrieval. The mandatory first-step nature and emphasis on template data structure does not change its non-destructive, read-only nature.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'list_templates' and description states it 'List all available slide templates.' This is a read-only operation that retrieves and enumerates template data with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
MANDATORY FIRST STEP - List all available slide templates. YOU MUST call this before adding any slides. Templates are the ONLY way to create good-looking slides. Each template has perfect spacing, typography, and layout built-in. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Makeslates MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Makeslates MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_templates: 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 Makeslates. Nothing to install.
list_templates 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_templates 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_templates. 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_templates is provided by the Makeslates MCP server (makeslates-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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