Search through Memex conversation history and projects for commands, CLI usage, code snippets, and content
AI agents call search_conversations to retrieve information from Memex Targeted Search 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 retrieves historical data from conversation logs and project files without modifying, deleting, or executing anything. It is a pure data retrieval operation with no side effects. The worst-case misuse scenario is information disclosure of cached conversations or code, which is low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'search[es] through Memex conversation history and projects' and 'retrieve[s]' commands, code snippets, and technology overviews.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search through Memex conversation history and projects for commands, CLI usage, code snippets, and content. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Memex Targeted Search Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Memex Targeted Search Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_conversations: 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 Memex Targeted Search Server. Nothing to install.
search_conversations 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 search_conversations 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 search_conversations. 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.
search_conversations is provided by the Memex Targeted Search Server MCP server (memextech/memex-targeted-search-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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