Read all data from a table on a slide as a 2D array
AI agents call keynote_read_slide_table to retrieve information from Iwork 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 existing table data from a Keynote slide without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a pure read operation with minimal security risk - the worst case is unauthorized access to presentation data that is already accessible to the user running the agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'read' and description states 'Read all data from a table on a slide as a 2D array' - explicitly a data retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access keynote_read_slide_table gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Iwork, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for keynote_read_slide_table:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"keynote_read_slide_table": {}
}
}keynote_read_slide_table is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Read all data from a table on a slide as a 2D array. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Iwork MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Iwork MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for keynote_read_slide_table: 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 Iwork. Nothing to install.
keynote_read_slide_table 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 keynote_read_slide_table 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 keynote_read_slide_table. 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.
keynote_read_slide_table is provided by the Iwork MCP server (reichenbach/iwork_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Iwork, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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