Returns all known agents with their status (online/offline) and last seen time
AI agents call list_agents to retrieve information from CC2CC without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only query to list agents and their metadata. It retrieves data about agent status and activity but does not create, modify, delete, execute commands, or have financial impact. The retrieval of agent information on a local machine poses minimal security risk as it is informational only.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_agents' and description 'Returns all known agents with their status (online/offline) and last seen time' indicate a query operation that retrieves information without modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_agents gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and CC2CC, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_agents:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_agents": {}
}
}list_agents is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Returns all known agents with their status (online/offline) and last seen time. It is categorised as a Read tool in the CC2CC MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the CC2CC MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_agents: 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 CC2CC. Nothing to install.
list_agents 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_agents 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_agents. 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_agents is provided by the CC2CC MCP server (non4me/cc2cc). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from CC2CC, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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