list_csm_products
List products and services available in the CSM catalog
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What list_csm_products does on NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit
AI agents call list_csm_products 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_csm_products is rated Low
This tool performs a catalog query/list operation which is a classic Read pattern. It retrieves information about products and services from a CSM (Customer Service Management) catalog without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. The blast radius is minimal as it only exposes existing catalog data that is typically meant to be discoverable.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_csm_products' combined with description 'List products and services available in the CSM catalog' indicates a read-only operation that retrieves/queries data without modification or side effects.
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The rule that runs list_csm_products 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_csm_products, this is the rule to start with:
list_csm_products 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_csm_products call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about list_csm_products
List products and services available in the CSM catalog. 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_csm_products: 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_csm_products 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_csm_products 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_csm_products. 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_csm_products 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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