Build a request to list folder contents in AEM Assets HTTP API.
AI agents call aem_folders_list to retrieve information from Adobe Experience Assets Dev MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool builds API requests to list and query folder contents in Adobe Experience Manager Assets. Listing or querying data structure is a Read operation with minimal security risk. There is no capability to modify, delete, execute code, or commit financial transactions. The blast radius of misuse is limited to unauthorized information disclosure of folder hierarchies and metadata.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'list folder contents' which is a retrieval operation with no data modification. The tool name 'aem_folders_list' and description explicitly indicate querying/listing functionality without side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Build a request to list folder contents in AEM Assets HTTP API. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Adobe Experience Assets Dev MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Adobe Experience Assets Dev MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for aem_folders_list: 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 Adobe Experience Assets Dev MCP. Nothing to install.
aem_folders_list 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 aem_folders_list 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 aem_folders_list. 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.
aem_folders_list is provided by the Adobe Experience Assets Dev MCP server (stubbedev/adobe-experience-dev-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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