list_admin_households
List admin-visible households.
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What list_admin_households does on Mealie MCP Server
AI agents call list_admin_households to retrieve information from Mealie MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why list_admin_households is rated Low
This tool queries and returns information about households visible to administrators. It performs a read-only operation that retrieves data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. The blast radius is minimal since listing administrative data poses no direct operational risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'list' and description states 'List admin-visible households' - a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Risk signalsAdmin/system-level operation
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs list_admin_households safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Mealie MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For list_admin_households, this is the rule to start with:
list_admin_households is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Mealie MCP Server, apply this rule, and every list_admin_households call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about list_admin_households
List admin-visible households. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mealie MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mealie MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_admin_households: 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 Mealie MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_admin_households 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_admin_households 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_admin_households. 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_admin_households is provided by the Mealie MCP Server MCP server (nikopol666/mealie-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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