List all wikilinks FROM a given note. Optionally include broken links.
AI agents call list_forward_links to retrieve information from Vault Memory without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves metadata about note relationships (forward links/wikilinks) without creating, modifying, or deleting any data. It is a passive retrieval operation with no side effects, fitting the Read category. Severity is low because the blast radius of misuse is limited to exposing link structure information within the vault.
From the tool's definition Tool 'list_forward_links' lists/retrieves wikilinks from a note with no modification capability. The verb 'list' and description 'List all wikilinks FROM a given note' indicate a pure read operation that queries existing data structure.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List all wikilinks FROM a given note. Optionally include broken links. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Vault Memory MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Vault Memory MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_forward_links: 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 Vault Memory. Nothing to install.
list_forward_links 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_forward_links 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_forward_links. 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_forward_links is provided by the Vault Memory MCP server (owrede/vault-memory). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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