AI agents call list_project_emails to retrieve information from Filevine without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or queries existing email data associated with a project. It performs no modifications, deletions, or external actions—it is a pure read operation. While it may expose sensitive legal correspondence, the risk is mitigated by the fact that access control is typically enforced at the Filevine authentication layer. The low severity reflects the read-only nature of the operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_project_emails' and description 'List emails associated with a project' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List emails associated with a project. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Filevine MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Filevine MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_project_emails: 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 Filevine. Nothing to install.
list_project_emails 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_project_emails 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_project_emails. 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_project_emails is provided by the Filevine MCP server (rosenadvertising/filevine-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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