Use this as the primary tool to list the alerts in a Google Cloud project. An alert is the representation of a violation of an alert policy. This is useful for understanding current and past violations of an alert policy.
AI agents call list_alerts to retrieve information from Observability without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries alert data without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is purely informational, making it a Read category risk with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'list_alerts' and description states it 'list the alerts' in a Google Cloud project, which is a retrieval operation with no side effects. It queries alert policy violations for informational purposes.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Use this as the primary tool to list the alerts in a Google Cloud project. An alert is the representation of a violation of an alert policy. This is useful for understanding current and past violations of an alert policy. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Observability MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Observability MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_alerts: 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 Observability. Nothing to install.
list_alerts 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_alerts 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_alerts. 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_alerts is provided by the Observability MCP server (@google-cloud/observability-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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