List all available workflows
AI agents call list-workflows to retrieve information from Scratchpad MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a straightforward listing/enumeration operation with no side effects. It retrieves workflow information for viewing purposes only. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent might enumerate workflows but cannot act on them without additional tools. Confidence is high because the name and description are explicit and unambiguous.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list-workflows' and description 'List all available workflows' indicate a read-only operation that retrieves and enumerates workflow metadata without modifying, executing, or deleting any resources.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List all available workflows. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Scratchpad MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Scratchpad MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list-workflows: 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 Scratchpad MCP. Nothing to install.
list-workflows 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-workflows 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-workflows. 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-workflows is provided by the Scratchpad MCP server (pc035860/scratchpad-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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