Search for documents containing specific text Args: query: Text to search for search_path: Directory to search in (default: common document locations)
AI agents call search_documents to retrieve information from LibreOffice 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 or queries information (searching for documents matching criteria) without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a read-only operation analogous to a file system search. The search parameters (query text and directory path) are benign and do not enable destructive or financial actions.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_documents' and description 'Search for documents containing specific text' indicate a query/search operation with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access search_documents gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and LibreOffice MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for search_documents:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"search_documents": {}
}
}search_documents is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Search for documents containing specific text Args: query: Text to search for search_path: Directory to search in (default: common document locations). It is categorised as a Read tool in the LibreOffice MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the LibreOffice MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_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 LibreOffice MCP Server. Nothing to install.
search_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 search_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 search_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.
search_documents is provided by the LibreOffice MCP Server MCP server (patrup/mcp-libre). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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