Get the list of documents available to the student (e.g. forms, letters). Returns document names and metadata, not binary content.
AI agents call get_documents to retrieve information from School MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries document metadata from a student's school account without modifying, executing, or deleting anything. It is a straightforward read operation with minimal blast radius—an AI agent querying this tool cannot cause harm beyond potentially accessing information the student is already entitled to view in their own StudentVue dashboard.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Get[s] the list of documents available' and 'Returns document names and metadata, not binary content.' The explicit clarification that binary content is not returned, combined with the read-only nature of listing/retrieving…
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Get the list of documents available to the student (e.g. forms, letters). Returns document names and metadata, not binary content. It is categorised as a Read tool in the School MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the School MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_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 School MCP. Nothing to install.
get_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 get_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 get_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.
get_documents is provided by the School MCP server (shengdynasty/school-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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