Lists media items with filtering and pagination options
AI agents call list_media 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 retrieves and queries media items from the WordPress instance without creating, modifying, or deleting data. It has no write or destructive effects and cannot trigger financial transactions. The capability is purely informational, making it a Read category tool with low severity and high confidence.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_media' and description 'Lists media items with filtering and pagination options' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects. The verb 'lists' and the mention of 'filtering and pagination' are characteristic of query/read operations.
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Lists media items with filtering and pagination options. 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 list_media: 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.
list_media 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_media 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_media. 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_media 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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