List all available agent teams
AI agents call list_teams to retrieve information from Red Team 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 query/list operation to retrieve information about available teams. It has no side effects, does not modify data, execute code, delete resources, or move money. The action is purely informational, consistent with the 'Read' category for tools that retrieve or query data without side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_teams' and description 'List all available agent teams' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification of state or execution of external operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List all available agent teams. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Red Team MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Red Team MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_teams: 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 Red Team MCP. Nothing to install.
list_teams 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_teams 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_teams. 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_teams is provided by the Red Team MCP server (redteammcp/redteam-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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