Get Instagram Direct Message threads (chats) from the user's pending inbox. Args: amount: Number of pending threads to fetch (default 20). Returns: A dictionary with success status and the list of pending threads or error message.
AI agents call list_pending_chats to retrieve information from Instagram DM 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 queries data from the user's pending DM inbox. It performs a read-only operation that fetches existing threads without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. The only argument is a count parameter to control result size.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get Instagram Direct Message threads (chats) from the user's pending inbox' with return of 'list of pending threads' — a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_pending_chats gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Instagram DM MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_pending_chats:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_pending_chats": {}
}
}list_pending_chats is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get Instagram Direct Message threads (chats) from the user's pending inbox. Args: amount: Number of pending threads to fetch (default 20). Returns: A dictionary with success status and the list of pending threads or error message. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Instagram DM MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Instagram DM MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_pending_chats: 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 Instagram DM MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_pending_chats 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_pending_chats 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_pending_chats. 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_pending_chats is provided by the Instagram DM MCP Server MCP server (trypeggy/instagram_dm_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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