list_software_discovery_models

What list_software_discovery_models does on ServiceNow-MCP

AI agents call list_software_discovery_models to retrieve information from ServiceNow-MCP without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why list_software_discovery_models is rated Low

This tool retrieves and displays normalized software discovery models from the CMDB. It performs a read-only query with no side effects, no data modification, no code execution, and no destructive operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal — an attacker could only gain visibility into what software is known to the ServiceNow instance, which does not grant access to modify, delete, or execute anything.

From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'list' and description states it 'List normalized software discovery models' — a retrieval operation that queries existing discovery data without modification, deletion, or execution of external operations.

The rule that runs list_software_discovery_models safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and ServiceNow-MCP, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For list_software_discovery_models, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "list_software_discovery_models": {}
  }
}

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