List Kaggle competitions
AI agents call kaggle_list_competitions to retrieve information from Mcp Kaggle Tool without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves publicly available competition metadata from Kaggle without modifying any data or triggering external operations. It is a straightforward read operation with minimal security risk. The low severity reflects that listing competitions is informational only and cannot be weaponized for harm even if called repeatedly by a compromised agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'kaggle_list_competitions' and description 'List Kaggle competitions' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects. The verb 'list' is a query operation that returns existing data without modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List Kaggle competitions. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Kaggle Tool MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Kaggle Tool MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for kaggle_list_competitions: 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 Kaggle Tool. Nothing to install.
kaggle_list_competitions 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 kaggle_list_competitions 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 kaggle_list_competitions. 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.
kaggle_list_competitions is provided by the Mcp Kaggle Tool MCP server (mikeybeez/mcp-kaggle-tool). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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