AI agents call list_skills to retrieve information from Cawskills without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a simple enumeration/listing operation with no side effects. It retrieves documentation about available skills but does not execute them, modify data, or trigger external operations. It is purely informational and read-only in nature.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_skills' and description 'List all available ClawSkills API integration skill docs' indicate a retrieval operation that queries and returns a list of available skills without modifying or executing any operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List all available ClawSkills API integration skill docs. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Cawskills MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Cawskills MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_skills: 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 Cawskills. Nothing to install.
list_skills 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 list_skills 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 list_skills. 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.
list_skills is provided by the Cawskills MCP server (shanksg/clawskills). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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