Search the global Mendeley catalog (100M+ papers).
AI agents call mendeley_search_catalog to retrieve information from Mendeley without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a search query against a public academic catalog, returning results only. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. It is a straightforward information retrieval function with minimal security risk.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Search the global Mendeley catalog' - a read-only query operation that retrieves information without modifying data. No side effects or data mutation capabilities.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access mendeley_search_catalog gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Mendeley, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for mendeley_search_catalog:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"mendeley_search_catalog": {}
}
}mendeley_search_catalog is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Search the global Mendeley catalog (100M+ papers). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mendeley MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mendeley MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for mendeley_search_catalog: 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 Mendeley. Nothing to install.
mendeley_search_catalog 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 mendeley_search_catalog 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 mendeley_search_catalog. 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.
mendeley_search_catalog is provided by the Mendeley MCP server (pallaprolus/mendeley-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Mendeley, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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