get a list of all the authors in the database
AI agents call get_authors to retrieve information from Pinecone Economic Books without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only retrieves and lists existing author data from the vector database. It performs a simple query with no capability to modify, delete, or execute external operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an AI agent could only learn who authors are in the database, posing no risk to data integrity, financial systems, or system stability.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_authors' and description 'get a list of all the authors in the database' indicate retrieval of metadata without modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
get a list of all the authors in the database. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Pinecone Economic Books MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Pinecone Economic Books MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_authors: 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 Pinecone Economic Books. Nothing to install.
get_authors 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 get_authors 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 get_authors. 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.
get_authors is provided by the Pinecone Economic Books MCP server (srulyrosenblat/econ_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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