Count documents in a MongoDB collection
AI agents call mongo-count-documents to retrieve information from MCP Server Boilerplate without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs data retrieval only. Counting documents is a read operation analogous to SELECT COUNT(*) in SQL. It has no capability to modify, delete, or execute arbitrary operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate it counts documents in a MongoDB collection. 'Count documents' is a read-only query operation with no side effects—it retrieves aggregate information without modifying, deleting, or executing code.
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Count documents in a MongoDB collection. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Server Boilerplate MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Server Boilerplate MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for mongo-count-documents: 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 MCP Server Boilerplate. Nothing to install.
mongo-count-documents 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 mongo-count-documents 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 mongo-count-documents. 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.
mongo-count-documents is provided by the MCP Server Boilerplate MCP server (ricleedo/mongo-boilerplate-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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