Returns all goals for the current user that is best presented in a table.
AI agents call list_goals to retrieve information from MCP Beeminder Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves existing goal data for display. It performs no modifications, deletions, or financial transactions. The data returned is informational only. While the server provides access to Beeminder's self-commitment tracking system, this particular tool is purely a read operation analogous to a list or search function.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'list_goals' and description states it 'Returns all goals for the current user' — this is a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_goals gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP Beeminder Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_goals:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_goals": {}
}
}list_goals is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Returns all goals for the current user that is best presented in a table. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Beeminder Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Beeminder Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_goals: 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 MCP Beeminder Server. Nothing to install.
list_goals 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_goals 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_goals. 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_goals is provided by the MCP Beeminder Server MCP server (strickvl/mcp-beeminder). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from MCP Beeminder Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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