workboard_list_activities_tool
AI agents call workboard_list_activities_tool to retrieve information from MCP Workboard without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or queries a list of activities from a workboard system. List operations are read-only with no side effects. The lack of a description prevents higher confidence, but the naming convention (list + query semantics) strongly suggests data retrieval only. No evidence of creation, modification, deletion, or execution capabilities.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'list_activities' which is a read/query operation pattern. The 'list' verb indicates retrieval of data with no modification capability.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
workboard_list_activities_tool. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Workboard MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Workboard MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for workboard_list_activities_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 Workboard. Nothing to install.
workboard_list_activities_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 workboard_list_activities_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 workboard_list_activities_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.
workboard_list_activities_tool is provided by the MCP Workboard MCP server (mcp-workboard-crunchtools). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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