List all available Bible translations.
AI agents call list_available_translations to retrieve information from Bible MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and displays metadata about available Bible translations without modifying, executing, or deleting any data. It is a straightforward read-only operation, similar to a list or describe command. There is minimal risk of misuse—an AI agent cannot cause harm by listing translations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_available_translations' and description 'List all available Bible translations' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_available_translations gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Bible MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_available_translations:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_available_translations": {}
}
}list_available_translations is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List all available Bible translations. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Bible MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Bible MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_available_translations: 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 Bible MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_available_translations 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_available_translations 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_available_translations. 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_available_translations is provided by the Bible MCP Server MCP server (trevato/bible-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Bible MCP 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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