Returns a manifest describing all capabilities of this MCP server
AI agents use discover_capabilities to create or update resources in Gemini Context MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Gemini Context MCP Server environment.
An AI agent can call discover_capabilities faster than any human can review — one bad instruction and it creates or modifies resources in Gemini Context MCP Server by the hundred, each call as confident as the last.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access discover_capabilities gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Gemini Context MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for discover_capabilities:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"discover_capabilities": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "discover_capabilities_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}discover_capabilities stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Returns a manifest describing all capabilities of this MCP server. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Gemini Context MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Gemini Context MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for discover_capabilities: 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 Gemini Context MCP Server. Nothing to install.
discover_capabilities is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the discover_capabilities 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 discover_capabilities. 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.
discover_capabilities is provided by the Gemini Context MCP Server MCP server (ogoldberg/gemini-context-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 12 Gemini Context MCP Server tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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12 Gemini Context MCP Server tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.