list_active_events

What list_active_events does on NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit

AI agents call list_active_events to retrieve information from NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why list_active_events is rated Low

This tool queries or retrieves a list of active events for monitoring purposes. 'List' and 'monitor' are passive operations that observe state without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing actions. Even though events can be critical infrastructure-related, the tool itself only reads/displays this information rather than triggering responses or changes. Confidence is slightly reduced (0.85 vs.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_active_events' and description 'Monitor critical infrastructure events' indicate retrieval and observation of event data without modification or execution of external systems.

The rule that runs list_active_events safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For list_active_events, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "list_active_events": {}
  }
}

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