List available AWS Bedrock managed prompts. Returns prompt summaries including ID, name, description, and version info.
AI agents call list_bedrock_prompts to retrieve information from Bedrock Prompts 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 metadata about existing Bedrock prompts without modifying, deleting, or executing anything. It is a pure read operation. The severity is low because listing prompt metadata poses minimal risk—it is informational only and does not enable code execution, data destruction, or financial impact.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states it 'List[s] available AWS Bedrock managed prompts' and 'Returns prompt summaries including ID, name, description, and version info.' The verb 'list' and the absence of any modification, creation, deletion, or execution…
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List available AWS Bedrock managed prompts. Returns prompt summaries including ID, name, description, and version info. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Bedrock Prompts MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Bedrock Prompts MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_bedrock_prompts: 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 Bedrock Prompts MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_bedrock_prompts 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 list_bedrock_prompts 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 list_bedrock_prompts. 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.
list_bedrock_prompts is provided by the Bedrock Prompts MCP Server MCP server (mslangford/bedrock-prompts-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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