List all currently connected players on the Minecraft server.
AI agents call list_players to retrieve information from Minecraft Docker MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries the state of the Minecraft server to retrieve information about connected players. It retrieves data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations that would change server state. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an AI agent querying player lists cannot cause harm or unauthorized changes to the server or its data.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'list_players' and description states 'List all currently connected players on the Minecraft server.' The verb 'list' and action of retrieving player information with no modification or side effects is characteristic of a Read operation.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_players gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Minecraft Docker MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_players:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_players": {}
}
}list_players is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List all currently connected players on the Minecraft server. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Minecraft Docker MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Minecraft Docker MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_players: 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 Minecraft Docker MCP. Nothing to install.
list_players 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_players 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_players. 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_players is provided by the Minecraft Docker MCP server (rgbkrk/rcon-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Minecraft Docker MCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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