List child pages under a given Confluence page. Returns a hierarchical list of direct child pages.
AI agents call list_confluence_page_children to retrieve information from Mcp Atlassian 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 hierarchical page structure information from Confluence without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It has no side effects and presents minimal security risk—listing pages is a standard read operation with low blast radius if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'List child pages under a given Confluence page. Returns a hierarchical list of direct child pages.' The verb 'List' and the action of returning page information with no modification capability indicates a read-only retrieval operation.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List child pages under a given Confluence page. Returns a hierarchical list of direct child pages. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Atlassian MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Atlassian MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_confluence_page_children: 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 Mcp Atlassian. Nothing to install.
list_confluence_page_children 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_confluence_page_children 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_confluence_page_children. 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_confluence_page_children is provided by the Mcp Atlassian MCP server (mcp-atlassian). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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