List contracts waiting for your action — your approval queue. Returns contracts in status pending_signature_a, pending_signature_b, in_negotiation, or sent_for_review. Use this when the user asks for
AI agents call list_pending_approvals to retrieve information from QuickContract MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries contract data (pending approvals and their statuses) without modifying, executing, or deleting anything. It falls clearly into the Read category.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'list_pending_approvals' and description states it 'List contracts waiting for your action' and 'Returns contracts in status pending_signature_a, pending_signature_b, in_negotiation, or sent_for_review.' This is a read-only query operation with…
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List contracts waiting for your action — your approval queue. Returns contracts in status pending_signature_a, pending_signature_b, in_negotiation, or sent_for_review. Use this when the user asks for. It is categorised as a Read tool in the QuickContract MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the QuickContract MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_pending_approvals: 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 QuickContract MCP. Nothing to install.
list_pending_approvals 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_pending_approvals 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_pending_approvals. 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_pending_approvals is provided by the QuickContract MCP server (quickcontractio/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
list_pending_approvals is one line of QuickContract's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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