List open bounties for the current tenant. Returns title, reward, status, and description for each bounty.
AI agents call list_bounties to retrieve information from Inkwell MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a retrieval operation on bounty records, returning structured information (title, reward, status, description) for display purposes. There are no side effects, data modifications, deletions, code execution, or financial transactions involved. The operation is purely informational and corresponds to the Read category definition of retrieving or querying data with no side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_bounties' combined with description 'List open bounties' and 'Returns title, reward, status, and description' indicates a read-only query operation that retrieves and displays existing bounty data without modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List open bounties for the current tenant. Returns title, reward, status, and description for each bounty. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Inkwell MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Inkwell MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_bounties: 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 Inkwell MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_bounties 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_bounties 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_bounties. 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_bounties is provided by the Inkwell MCP Server MCP server (mumega-com/inkwell). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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