List HomeKit rooms and their accessories. Defaults to configured home if home_id not specified.
AI agents call homekit_rooms to retrieve information from HomeClaw without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves information about HomeKit rooms and their associated accessories. The verb 'List' and the lack of any modifying language (create, update, delete, execute) clearly indicate a read-only operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'homekit_rooms' and description 'List HomeKit rooms and their accessories' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access homekit_rooms gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and HomeClaw, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for homekit_rooms:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"homekit_rooms": {}
}
}homekit_rooms is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List HomeKit rooms and their accessories. Defaults to configured home if home_id not specified. It is categorised as a Read tool in the HomeClaw MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the HomeClaw MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for homekit_rooms: 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 HomeClaw. Nothing to install.
homekit_rooms 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 homekit_rooms 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 homekit_rooms. 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.
homekit_rooms is provided by the HomeClaw MCP server (omarshahine/homeclaw). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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