Find Anki cards in user decks
AI agents call find-cards to retrieve information from Anki Connect 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 or queries existing flashcard data without side effects. It matches the Read category pattern of search/list/get operations. The severity is low because misuse would only expose personal study data (flashcard content), not cause data loss, financial harm, or trigger external systems. Confidence is high because the name and description are explicit about read-only behavior.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'find-cards' and description states it will 'Find Anki cards in user decks' — a search/query operation with no modification or deletion of data.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Find Anki cards in user decks. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Anki Connect MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Anki Connect MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for find-cards: 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 Anki Connect MCP Server. Nothing to install.
find-cards 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 find-cards 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 find-cards. 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.
find-cards is provided by the Anki Connect MCP Server MCP server (sergey-mamulchenko/anki-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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