list_archived_documents
AI agents call list_archived_documents to retrieve information from Outline MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves/queries a list of archived documents without side effects. No data is modified, deleted, or executed. The empty description lowers confidence slightly, but the tool name is clear: 'list' indicates enumeration rather than mutation. Severity is low because unauthorized reading of document metadata (even archived) has limited immediate impact compared to destructive or financial operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_archived_documents' indicates retrieval of archived documents with no modification or deletion capability. The server description emphasizes 'document search, reading, and management', and listing is a read operation.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
list_archived_documents. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Outline MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Outline MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_archived_documents: 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 Outline MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_archived_documents 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_archived_documents 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_archived_documents. 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_archived_documents is provided by the Outline MCP Server MCP server (mcp-outline). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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