List bookmarks saved in the last N days.
AI agents call list_recent_bookmarks to retrieve information from Pinboard MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves historical bookmark data within a time window. It performs a read-only query against stored bookmark metadata with no side effects, no data modification, no code execution, and no irreversible actions. The explicit 'read-only' designation in the server description confirms the classification.
From the tool's definition Tool description: 'List bookmarks saved in the last N days' - a retrieval operation with no modification. Server description states 'read-only access' and operations are 'search, filter, and retrieve bookmark metadata'.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_recent_bookmarks gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Pinboard MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_recent_bookmarks:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_recent_bookmarks": {}
}
}list_recent_bookmarks is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List bookmarks saved in the last N days. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Pinboard MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Pinboard MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_recent_bookmarks: 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 Pinboard MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_recent_bookmarks 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_recent_bookmarks 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_recent_bookmarks. 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_recent_bookmarks is provided by the Pinboard MCP Server MCP server (rossshannon/pinboard-bookmarks-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Pinboard MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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