list_security_playbooks
List available security response playbooks
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What list_security_playbooks does on NowAIKit — ServiceNow AI Toolkit
AI agents call list_security_playbooks 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_security_playbooks is rated Low
This tool retrieves and enumerates security playbooks from a ServiceNow instance. It is a read-only operation with no side effects, no code execution capability, no data modification, and no destructive potential. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—at worst, an AI agent would discover what playbooks exist in the system. This is a straightforward inventory/discovery operation, fitting the Read category.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_security_playbooks' and description 'List available security response playbooks' indicate a query/retrieval operation that returns information about available playbooks without modifying any data.
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The rule that runs list_security_playbooks 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_security_playbooks, this is the rule to start with:
list_security_playbooks 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_security_playbooks call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about list_security_playbooks
List available security response playbooks. 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_security_playbooks: 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_security_playbooks 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_security_playbooks 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_security_playbooks. 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_security_playbooks 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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