List abilities with optional filters
AI agents call list_abilities to retrieve information from DMCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves ability data from the game state with optional filtering, similar to a search or fetch operation. It does not modify, create, delete, or execute any game logic—it only presents existing information. The low severity reflects that retrieving RPG ability definitions poses no risk even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_abilities' and description 'List abilities with optional filters' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects. The verb 'list' is explicitly mentioned as a Read operation in the classification rules.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_abilities gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and DMCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_abilities:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_abilities": {}
}
}list_abilities is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List abilities with optional filters. It is categorised as a Read tool in the DMCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the D MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_abilities: 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 DMCP. Nothing to install.
list_abilities 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_abilities 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_abilities. 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_abilities is provided by the D MCP server (shawnrushefsky/dmcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from DMCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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