List nodes within a specific page
AI agents call listNodesByPage to retrieve information from Sketch without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves information about nodes (design elements) contained in a page of a Sketch file. It has no side effects, creates no modifications, executes no code, and performs no destructive or financial operations. The sibling tools (findNodesByName, getDocumentStructure, getNodeInfo, etc.) are all clearly read-oriented, confirming this is part of a design analysis suite.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'listNodesByPage' and description 'List nodes within a specific page' indicate a query/retrieval operation. The verb 'list' is a read-only operation that retrieves and displays design elements without modification.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access listNodesByPage gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Sketch, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for listNodesByPage:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"listNodesByPage": {}
}
}listNodesByPage is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List nodes within a specific page. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sketch MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sketch MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for listNodesByPage: 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 Sketch. Nothing to install.
listNodesByPage 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 listNodesByPage 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 listNodesByPage. 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.
listNodesByPage is provided by the Sketch MCP server (mater1996/sketch-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Sketch, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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