list documents by category
AI agents call list-docs to retrieve information from MCP Doc Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or queries data (listing documents by category) with no side effects. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. The minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent would be exposure of documentation structure or metadata, which poses no harm. Categorized as Read with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list-docs' and description 'list documents by category' indicate retrieval of document metadata without modification or execution. This is a query/list operation that returns information about available documents.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
list documents by category. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Doc Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Doc Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list-docs: 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 Doc Server. Nothing to install.
list-docs 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-docs 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-docs. 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-docs is provided by the MCP Doc Server MCP server (shengwang-community/doc-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
list-docs is one line of MCP Doc Server's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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