Discovers all available content types (built-in and custom) in the WordPress site
AI agents call discover_content_types to retrieve information from mcp-wordpress-instaWP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and returns metadata about content types available on the WordPress site. It performs discovery/enumeration without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. No data is changed, no code is executed, and no financial operations occur. This is a straightforward read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'discover_content_types' and description 'Discovers all available content types (built-in and custom) in the WordPress site' indicate information retrieval with no modification or side effects.
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Discovers all available content types (built-in and custom) in the WordPress site. It is categorised as a Read tool in the mcp-wordpress-instaWP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the mcp-wordpress-instaWP MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for discover_content_types: 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 mcp-wordpress-instaWP. Nothing to install.
discover_content_types 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 discover_content_types 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_content_types. 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_content_types is provided by the mcp-wordpress-instaWP MCP server (pace8/mcp-wordpress). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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