List all configured Telegram bots and their names.
AI agents call list_bots to retrieve information from Mcp Telegram without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves configuration information about bots without modifying, executing, or deleting anything. It is a read-only operation that lists existing bots and their names. The severity is low because exposure of bot configuration names alone poses minimal risk compared to tools that send messages or fetch message content.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'list_bots' and description states 'List all configured Telegram bots and their names' — a pure query operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List all configured Telegram bots and their names. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Telegram MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Telegram MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_bots: 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 Telegram. Nothing to install.
list_bots 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_bots 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_bots. 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_bots is provided by the Mcp Telegram MCP server (paulofroes/mcp-telegram). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
list_bots is one line of Mcp Telegram's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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