AI agents call search_my_notes to retrieve information from Claude Slack without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries existing notes owned by the user and returns results. It is a pure read operation that retrieves data without altering state, executing code, or triggering external actions. The scope is limited to the user's own notes, further reducing risk. No destructive, financial, or execute-class capabilities are present.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_my_notes' and description 'Search your own notes by content or tags' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or external side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access search_my_notes gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Claude Slack, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for search_my_notes:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"search_my_notes": {}
}
}search_my_notes is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Search your own notes by content or tags. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Claude Slack MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Claude Slack MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_my_notes: 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 Claude Slack. Nothing to install.
search_my_notes 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 search_my_notes 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 search_my_notes. 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.
search_my_notes is provided by the Claude Slack MCP server (theo-nash/claude-slack). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Claude Slack, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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