Lists Grafana alert rules, returning a summary including UID, title, current state, and labels
AI agents call list_alert_rules to retrieve information from Mcp Grafana without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries alert rule metadata from Grafana. It performs a read-only operation that returns information about existing alert rules without creating, modifying, deleting, executing code, or involving financial transactions.
From the tool's definition Tool is named 'list_alert_rules' and described as 'Lists Grafana alert rules, returning a summary including UID, title, current state, and labels'. The verb 'lists' and return of summaries indicate data retrieval with no modification or side effects.
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Lists Grafana alert rules, returning a summary including UID, title, current state, and labels. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Grafana MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Grafana MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_alert_rules: 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 Grafana. Nothing to install.
list_alert_rules 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_alert_rules 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_alert_rules. 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_alert_rules is provided by the Mcp Grafana MCP server (@leval/mcp-grafana). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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