Flexible search for items in the inventory.
AI agents call homebox_search to retrieve information from Homebox MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a search operation to retrieve or query items from the inventory system. It has no side effects—it does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. It is a pure read-only operation consistent with tools like 'get' and 'list'.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'homebox_search' and description 'Flexible search for items in the inventory' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no modification or destructive capability.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Flexible search for items in the inventory. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Homebox MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Homebox MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for homebox_search: 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 Homebox MCP Server. Nothing to install.
homebox_search 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 homebox_search 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 homebox_search. 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.
homebox_search is provided by the Homebox MCP Server MCP server (oangelo/homebox-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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