List all available android/skills. Each skill is a self-contained guide for a specific Android development task (e.g. migrating XML to Compose, upgrading AGP). Use this when the user asks an open-ended Android question and you want to discover what curated guidance exists. Prefer search_skills wh...
AI agents call list_skills to retrieve information from Android Skills MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only enumeration of available skills/documentation. It retrieves information from a library without creating, modifying, deleting, executing code, or affecting any external systems. The worst-case misuse would be information disclosure or wasted computational resources, neither of which represents significant risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_skills' and description 'List all available android/skills' indicates data retrieval with no side effects. The description explicitly states it is for discovery and retrieval of curated Android development guidance.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_skills gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Android Skills MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_skills:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_skills": {}
}
}list_skills 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 available android/skills. Each skill is a self-contained guide for a specific Android development task (e.g. migrating XML to Compose, upgrading AGP). Use this when the user asks an open-ended Android question and you want to discover what curated guidance exists. Prefer search_skills when you have a specific query. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Android Skills MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Android Skills MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_skills: 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 Android Skills MCP. Nothing to install.
list_skills 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_skills 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_skills. 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_skills is provided by the Android Skills MCP server (skydoves/android-skills-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 3 Android Skills MCP tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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