list_compliance_policies
List GRC compliance policies and their current status
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What list_compliance_policies does on NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit
AI agents call list_compliance_policies 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_compliance_policies is rated Low
This tool performs a read-only operation—it lists and queries compliance policies without modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. There are no side effects, reversible or otherwise. The blast radius of misuse is minimal; an agent with access could retrieve compliance policy information but cannot alter governance, risk, or compliance state. Categorized as Read with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_compliance_policies' and description 'List GRC compliance policies and their current status' indicate a query operation that retrieves and displays existing compliance policy data.
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The rule that runs list_compliance_policies 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_compliance_policies, this is the rule to start with:
list_compliance_policies 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 NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit, apply this rule, and every list_compliance_policies call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about list_compliance_policies
List GRC compliance policies and their current status. It is categorised as a Read tool in the NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_compliance_policies: 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 NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit. Nothing to install.
list_compliance_policies 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_compliance_policies 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_compliance_policies. 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_compliance_policies is provided by the NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit MCP server (nowaikit). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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