Lists all notebooks in a specified Power BI workspace.
AI agents call list_powerbi_notebooks to retrieve information from Semantic Model 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 pure data retrieval operation—it queries and returns a list of notebooks without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal, as it only exposes read-access to workspace metadata that an authenticated user would typically be able to view anyway. This is a standard Read category operation.
From the tool's definition The tool "lists all notebooks in a specified Power BI workspace", which is a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Lists all notebooks in a specified Power BI workspace. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Semantic Model MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Semantic Model MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_powerbi_notebooks: 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 Semantic Model MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_powerbi_notebooks 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_powerbi_notebooks 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_powerbi_notebooks. 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_powerbi_notebooks is provided by the Semantic Model MCP Server MCP server (nahtheking/semantic-model-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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