search_workspace
AI agents call search_workspace to retrieve information from RunWhen Platform MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Search operations are read-only and retrieve data without side effects. The empty description reduces confidence slightly, but the name strongly suggests a query/retrieval function consistent with data exploration in a workspace platform. No evidence of data modification, deletion, or execution of arbitrary operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_workspace' indicates a search/query operation. The RunWhen Platform description mentions 'direct data access to workspaces' and the tool name suggests retrieving or querying workspace data without modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
search_workspace. It is categorised as a Read tool in the RunWhen Platform MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the RunWhen Platform MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_workspace: 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 RunWhen Platform MCP. Nothing to install.
search_workspace 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 search_workspace 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 search_workspace. 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.
search_workspace is provided by the RunWhen Platform MCP server (runwhen-contrib/runwhen-platform-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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