Search for icons on The Noun Project. Supports filtering by style (solid/line), line weight, public domain status, and more.
AI agents call search_icons to retrieve information from Noun Project 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 and filters icon data from The Noun Project API without any capability to modify, delete, or execute operations. It is purely informational and read-only, presenting minimal security risk even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool description indicates 'search for icons' with 'filtering by style, public domain status' - a query operation with no modification, creation, deletion, or execution capability mentioned.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search for icons on The Noun Project. Supports filtering by style (solid/line), line weight, public domain status, and more. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Noun Project MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Noun Project MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_icons: 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 Noun Project MCP Server. Nothing to install.
search_icons 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_icons 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_icons. 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_icons is provided by the Noun Project MCP Server MCP server (sgup/noun-project-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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