semantic_search_with_filters
AI agents call semantic_search_with_filters 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 retrieves and filters data from an economic books vector database without modifying, executing external operations, or destructively altering data. The '_with_filters' suffix suggests it adds query refinement parameters to a search operation. Despite the empty description, the context from sibling tools and the server's read-only search mandate strongly indicate this is a Read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'semantic_search_with_filters' and server context indicate this performs search operations through a vector database. Sibling tools like 'semantic_search', 'search_by_author', 'search_by_subject' all appear to be read-only query operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
semantic_search_with_filters. 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 semantic_search_with_filters: 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.
semantic_search_with_filters 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 semantic_search_with_filters 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 semantic_search_with_filters. 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.
semantic_search_with_filters 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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