competitions_list
AI agents call competitions_list to retrieve information from Kaggle-MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Based on the tool name pattern and server context showing competition browsing functionality, this tool retrieves or queries a list of Kaggle competitions without side effects. The empty description lowers confidence slightly, but the naming convention and sibling tool patterns (competition_list_files as a parallel read operation) strongly suggest read-only behavior.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'competitions_list' with empty description suggests listing/querying competitions. Server context describes 'browse competitions' and 'list' is explicitly listed as a read-only action in sibling tools (competition_list_files).
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
competitions_list. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Kaggle-MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Kaggle- MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for competitions_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 Kaggle-MCP. Nothing to install.
competitions_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 competitions_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 competitions_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.
competitions_list is provided by the Kaggle- MCP server (realbytecode/kaggle-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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