list_knowledge_bases

What list_knowledge_bases does on NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit

AI agents call list_knowledge_bases 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_knowledge_bases is rated Low

This tool performs a read-only query to list knowledge bases. It has no side effects, does not execute code, does not modify data, and does not affect financial systems. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could enumerate knowledge bases but cannot access their contents or cause harm through listing alone. Severity is low as this is informational access to metadata about available resources.

From the tool's definition Tool name and description: 'list_knowledge_bases' — 'List all knowledge bases available in the instance'. This is a retrieval operation that enumerates available knowledge bases without modifying, executing, or deleting anything.

The rule that runs list_knowledge_bases 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_knowledge_bases, this is the rule to start with:

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

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