List all categories with feed counts.
AI agents call list_categories_tool to retrieve information from MCP Feed Reader without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a data retrieval operation (list) with no side effects. It queries categories and their associated feed counts from the SQLite backend and returns the information to the user. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed—it is purely informational.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_categories_tool' and description 'List all categories with feed counts' indicate a read-only query operation that retrieves and displays existing data without modification, deletion, or execution.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List all categories with feed counts. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Feed Reader MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Feed Reader MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_categories_tool: 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 Feed Reader. Nothing to install.
list_categories_tool 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_categories_tool 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_categories_tool. 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_categories_tool is provided by the MCP Feed Reader MCP server (pypi:mcp-feed-reader-crunchtools). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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