List all available workflow types with their detailed information.
AI agents call workflows-list to retrieve information from MCP Search Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and displays information about available workflows without creating, modifying, executing, or deleting any resources. It is a read-only operation with minimal security impact—the worst case being exposure of workflow metadata that may already be discoverable through other means.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'workflows-list' and description 'List all available workflow types with their detailed information' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no modification or execution of workflows.
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List all available workflow types with their detailed information. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Search Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Search Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for workflows-list: 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 Search Server. Nothing to install.
workflows-list 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 workflows-list 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 workflows-list. 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.
workflows-list is provided by the MCP Search Server MCP server (nghiauet/mcp-agent). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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