List available Chrome profiles with names and directory IDs.
AI agents call list_profiles to retrieve information from OpenChrome without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a read-only operation that enumerates existing Chrome profiles and returns metadata about them. There is no capability to modify, delete, or execute actions. The information returned (profile names and IDs) is low-sensitivity configuration data. Misuse would be limited to information gathering about available profiles, posing minimal risk.
From the tool's definition The tool 'list_profiles' retrieves information about available Chrome profiles with 'names and directory IDs' - it performs a query operation with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_profiles gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and OpenChrome, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_profiles:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_profiles": {}
}
}list_profiles is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List available Chrome profiles with names and directory IDs. It is categorised as a Read tool in the OpenChrome MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the OpenChrome MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_profiles: 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 OpenChrome. Nothing to install.
list_profiles 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_profiles 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_profiles. 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_profiles is provided by the OpenChrome MCP server (shaun0927/openchrome). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 106 OpenChrome tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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