List messages in a channel. Returns the most recent messages.
AI agents call teams_list_channel_messages to retrieve information from Sage MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves historical message data from a Teams channel without creating, modifying, deleting, executing code, or triggering external operations. It is a read-only data retrieval operation. Severity is low because listing messages is a standard read operation with minimal blast radius, though sensitivity depends on channel content classification in the tenant's environment.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'teams_list_channel_messages' and description 'List messages in a channel. Returns the most recent messages.' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access teams_list_channel_messages gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Sage MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for teams_list_channel_messages:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"teams_list_channel_messages": {}
}
}teams_list_channel_messages is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
Free to start. No card required.
List messages in a channel. Returns the most recent messages. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sage MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sage MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for teams_list_channel_messages: 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 Sage MCP. Nothing to install.
teams_list_channel_messages 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 teams_list_channel_messages 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 teams_list_channel_messages. 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.
teams_list_channel_messages is provided by the Sage MCP server (sagemcp/sagemcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 359 Sage MCP tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
Free to start. No card required.
359 Sage MCP tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.