List all foods with pagination.
AI agents call mealie_foods_list to retrieve information from Mealie MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and returns food data from the Mealie system with pagination support. It performs a read-only operation that retrieves existing data without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. The pagination parameter is standard for list endpoints and does not change the read-only nature of the operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'mealie_foods_list' and description 'List all foods with pagination' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List all foods with pagination. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mealie MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mealie MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for mealie_foods_list: 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 Mealie MCP Server. Nothing to install.
mealie_foods_list 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 mealie_foods_list 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 mealie_foods_list. 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.
mealie_foods_list is provided by the Mealie MCP Server MCP server (mdlopresti/mealie-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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