List Photon documentation pages, optionally filtered by section such as guides, reference, internals, tutorials, or start.
AI agents call photon_list_docs to retrieve information from Photon MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and returns documentation metadata with optional filtering. It performs no side effects, creates no data, executes no code, and causes no changes. It is a straightforward information retrieval operation, making it a Read category tool with low severity.
From the tool's definition 'List Photon documentation pages' — retrieves and enumerates documentation; 'optionally filtered by section' indicates querying/filtering without modification.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access photon_list_docs gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Photon MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for photon_list_docs:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"photon_list_docs": {}
}
}photon_list_docs is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List Photon documentation pages, optionally filtered by section such as guides, reference, internals, tutorials, or start. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Photon MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Photon MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for photon_list_docs: 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 Photon MCP Server. Nothing to install.
photon_list_docs 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 photon_list_docs 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 photon_list_docs. 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.
photon_list_docs is provided by the Photon MCP Server MCP server (portel-dev/photon). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 6 Photon MCP Server tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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6 Photon MCP Server tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.