List available contract templates (62 human-vetted base templates across 12 industry categories, plus your org\
AI agents call list_templates 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 queries and returns a list of contract templates without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. It has no side effects beyond informational retrieval. The context that these are 'human-vetted base templates' confirms they are static reference data being read, not acted upon. Severity is low because listing templates poses minimal risk even if called inappropriately by an agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'list_templates' and description states 'List available contract templates' — a retrieval operation with no data modification or execution.
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List available contract templates (62 human-vetted base templates across 12 industry categories, plus your org\. 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_templates: 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_templates 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_templates 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_templates. 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_templates 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.
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