Search the control inventory by keyword. Matches against control id, title,
AI agents call search_controls to retrieve information from Control-Inventory-MCP-Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and searches existing control data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward read operation with no capability to cause harm or change system state. Severity is low as unauthorized access to control inventory metadata poses minimal risk without write/execute/destructive capabilities.
From the tool's definition Tool performs 'search' against inventory by keyword, matching control id and title. The description indicates read-only query operations with no modifications or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search the control inventory by keyword. Matches against control id, title,. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Control-Inventory-MCP-Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Control-Inventory-MCP-Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_controls: 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 Control-Inventory-MCP-Server. Nothing to install.
search_controls 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_controls 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_controls. 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_controls is provided by the Control-Inventory-MCP-Server MCP server (miguelangelhorta/control-inventory-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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