List notes in a palace directory. Can list recursively and include metadata.
AI agents call palace_list to retrieve information from Obsidian Palace MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a directory listing operation that queries and retrieves information about notes and their metadata. It has no side effects—it does not create, modify, delete, or execute anything. The ability to list recursively and include metadata remains a read-only retrieval function. Blast radius is minimal as misuse would only expose existing information within the vault.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'palace_list' and description 'List notes in a palace directory. Can list recursively and include metadata.' indicate a retrieval operation with no data modification or execution capability.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List notes in a palace directory. Can list recursively and include metadata. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Obsidian Palace MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Obsidian Palace MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for palace_list: 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 Obsidian Palace MCP. Nothing to install.
palace_list 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 palace_list 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 palace_list. 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.
palace_list is provided by the Obsidian Palace MCP server (probably-computers/obsidian-palace-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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