功能2: 学科信息查询
AI agents call search_discipline to retrieve information from University Rankings 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 or queries discipline information from a university rankings database without modifying, executing external code, deleting data, or moving money. It is a standard informational lookup with no side effects. Severity is low because misuse would only result in accessing academic ranking data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_discipline' and description '功能2: 学科信息查询' (Function 2: Discipline Information Query) indicate a query operation.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
功能2: 学科信息查询. It is categorised as a Read tool in the University Rankings MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the University Rankings MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_discipline: 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 University Rankings MCP Server. Nothing to install.
search_discipline 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_discipline 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_discipline. 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_discipline is provided by the University Rankings MCP Server MCP server (mouseminar/university_rankings_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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