AI agents call list_confluence_pages to retrieve information from Atlassian 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 a list of pages from a Confluence space. It performs no write, delete, execute, or financial operations. The action is read-only and returns information only, making it a straightforward Read category tool with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'list_confluence_pages' and description states 'Lists Confluence pages in a space' — a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Lists Confluence pages in a space. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Atlassian MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Atlassian MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_confluence_pages: 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 Atlassian. Nothing to install.
list_confluence_pages 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_confluence_pages 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_confluence_pages. 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_confluence_pages is provided by the Atlassian MCP server (tingyiy/atlassian-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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