List documents in trashbin (soft-deleted documents)
AI agents call docs_list_trashbin to retrieve information from Docs 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 information about soft-deleted documents without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. Listing trashbin contents is purely informational and carries minimal risk—even if an AI agent misuses it, the damage is confined to reading metadata about deleted documents that the user may already have access to. Severity is low because there are no irreversible changes or external effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'docs_list_trashbin' and description 'List documents in trashbin (soft-deleted documents)' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no side effects. The verb 'List' is a classic Read operation.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List documents in trashbin (soft-deleted documents). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Docs MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Docs MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for docs_list_trashbin: 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 Docs MCP Server. Nothing to install.
docs_list_trashbin 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 docs_list_trashbin 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 docs_list_trashbin. 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.
docs_list_trashbin is provided by the Docs MCP Server MCP server (nic01asfr/docs-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
docs_list_trashbin is one line of Docs MCP Server's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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