List who a user is following
AI agents call list_following to retrieve information from Forgejo without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a pure read operation that queries and returns information about a user's following list. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute any actions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an AI agent could enumerate user follow relationships but cannot cause harm, financial loss, or irreversible changes. Low severity is appropriate for read-only social graph queries.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'list_following' and description states it 'List who a user is following' — this retrieves/queries user follow relationship data with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_following gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Forgejo, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_following:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_following": {}
}
}list_following is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List who a user is following. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Forgejo MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Forgejo MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_following: 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 Forgejo. Nothing to install.
list_following 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_following 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_following. 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_following is provided by the Forgejo MCP server (sqcows/forgejo-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Forgejo, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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