List available documentation
AI agents call list_documentation to retrieve information from Mcp For Docs without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or lists existing documentation metadata without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a standard read operation with minimal blast radius—worst case, an AI agent sees documentation it shouldn't, but no data is harmed or changed.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_documentation' and description 'List available documentation' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no data modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List available documentation. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp For Docs MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp For Docs MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_documentation: 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 Mcp For Docs. Nothing to install.
list_documentation 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_documentation 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_documentation. 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_documentation is provided by the Mcp For Docs MCP server (shayonpal/mcp-for-docs). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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