List all data available for use — system demo datasets and active
AI agents call list_available_data to retrieve information from Sktime 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 information about available datasets without side effects. It does not modify, execute, delete, or move data. The description shows a simple listing operation on demo datasets and active data sources, which is informational only. No code execution, data mutation, or irreversible actions are possible through this read-only operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_available_data' and description 'List all data available for use' indicate retrieval/enumeration of existing datasets with no modification or execution. The verb 'list' is a classic Read operation.
Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_available_data gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Sktime, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_available_data:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_available_data": {}
}
}list_available_data is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List all data available for use — system demo datasets and active. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sktime MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sktime MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_available_data: 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 Sktime. Nothing to install.
list_available_data 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_available_data 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_available_data. 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_available_data is provided by the Sktime MCP server (sktime/sktime-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Sktime, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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