List albums in Synology Photos (personal space).
AI agents call list_photo_albums to retrieve information from Synology 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 a list of photo albums from the user's personal Synology Photos space. It performs a read-only operation that retrieves information without side effects, making it a Read category tool. The severity is low because listing albums poses minimal risk—it merely enumerates existing metadata without exposing sensitive content or enabling destructive actions.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_photo_albums' and description 'List albums in Synology Photos (personal space)' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or deletion of data.
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List albums in Synology Photos (personal space). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Synology MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Synology MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_photo_albums: 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 Synology MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_photo_albums 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_photo_albums 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_photo_albums. 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_photo_albums is provided by the Synology MCP Server MCP server (rafalr100/synology-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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