list_rest_message_functions

What list_rest_message_functions does on NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit

AI agents call list_rest_message_functions 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_rest_message_functions is rated Low

This is a Read operation—it retrieves and enumerates information about existing REST message configurations without creating, modifying, or deleting anything. Severity is medium rather than low because understanding available REST message functions could inform reconnaissance for more damaging attacks (e.g., identifying which external APIs are integrated), but the tool itself causes no direct harm or side effects.

From the tool's definition Tool lists HTTP methods defined within a REST Message. The verb 'list' and the action of retrieving/enumerating definitions indicates data retrieval without modification.

The rule that runs list_rest_message_functions 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_rest_message_functions, this is the rule to start with:

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

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