snow_discover_security_policies
Lists existing security policies and rules with filtering by category and active status.
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What snow_discover_security_policies does on Serac
AI agents call snow_discover_security_policies to retrieve information from Serac without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why snow_discover_security_policies is rated Low
This tool retrieves and filters security policies without creating, modifying, or deleting data. It has no side effects beyond information disclosure. The filtering parameters (category, active status) are read-only query parameters. Classified as Read with low severity due to minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent — at worst, an agent gains visibility into security policies, which is informational only.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'discover' and 'list'; description states 'Lists existing security policies and rules with filtering' — a pure query operation with no data modification, deletion, or code execution.
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The rule that runs snow_discover_security_policies safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Serac, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For snow_discover_security_policies, this is the rule to start with:
snow_discover_security_policies is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Serac, apply this rule, and every snow_discover_security_policies call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about snow_discover_security_policies
Lists existing security policies and rules with filtering by category and active status. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Serac MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Serac MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for snow_discover_security_policies: 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 Serac. Nothing to install.
snow_discover_security_policies 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 snow_discover_security_policies 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 snow_discover_security_policies. 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.
snow_discover_security_policies is provided by the Serac MCP server (serac-labs/serac). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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