AI agents call list_sessions to retrieve information from Poof without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only operation—it queries and returns state information about active sessions in the zmx session manager. There are no side effects, no code execution, no data modification, and no irreversible actions. While the server overall enables terminal control (Execute category), this specific tool is purely informational and non-destructive.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_sessions' with description 'List active sessions' indicates a query operation that retrieves information about existing sessions without modifying or executing anything.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List active sessions. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Poof MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Poof MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_sessions: 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 Poof. Nothing to install.
list_sessions 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_sessions 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_sessions. 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_sessions is provided by the Poof MCP server (mattapperson/poof-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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