Search memories by text content matching
AI agents call search_memories to retrieve information from Agentic Tools MCP Server 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 search operation over memory content. It retrieves or queries data with no side effects, fitting the 'Read' category. The severity is low because search operations have minimal blast radius even if misused by an AI agent; the worst outcome is exposure of existing data already in the system.
From the tool's definition The tool name is 'search_memories' and the description states it 'Search memories by text content matching' — a query/search operation that retrieves data without modifying or executing anything.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access search_memories gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Agentic Tools MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for search_memories:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"search_memories": {}
}
}search_memories is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Search memories by text content matching. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Agentic Tools MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Agentic Tools MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_memories: 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 Agentic Tools MCP Server. Nothing to install.
search_memories 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_memories 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_memories. 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_memories is provided by the Agentic Tools MCP Server MCP server (pimzino/agentic-tools-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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