Find RDS instances without encryption enabled.
AI agents call find_unencrypted_rds_instances to retrieve information from AWS FinOps 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 query against AWS infrastructure to identify RDS instances that lack encryption, returning informational results without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing changes. It is a compliance/security audit function that gathers data for analysis. While it may reveal security gaps, the tool itself performs no side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'find_unencrypted_rds_instances' and description 'Find RDS instances without encryption enabled' indicate a discovery/query operation that retrieves information about RDS instances and their encryption status.
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Find RDS instances without encryption enabled. It is categorised as a Read tool in the AWS FinOps MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the AWS FinOps MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for find_unencrypted_rds_instances: 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 AWS FinOps MCP Server. Nothing to install.
find_unencrypted_rds_instances 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 find_unencrypted_rds_instances 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 find_unencrypted_rds_instances. 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.
find_unencrypted_rds_instances is provided by the AWS FinOps MCP Server MCP server (prashantgupta123/aws-pillar-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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