List all available podcast transcript episodes.
AI agents call list_episodes_tool to retrieve information from Dropbox Transcripts without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only operation to list available episodes. It queries the indexed podcast transcripts stored in Dropbox but does not modify, delete, or execute any operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an AI agent could only enumerate available episodes, which is informational and reversible.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_episodes_tool' and description 'List all available podcast transcript episodes' indicate a query operation that retrieves and enumerates existing data without modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List all available podcast transcript episodes. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Dropbox Transcripts MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Dropbox Transcripts MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_episodes_tool: 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 Dropbox Transcripts. Nothing to install.
list_episodes_tool 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_episodes_tool 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_episodes_tool. 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_episodes_tool is provided by the Dropbox Transcripts MCP server (pedraum/dropbox-transcripts-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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