AI agents call list_translations to retrieve information from Bible without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a simple query operation that returns metadata about available translations without side effects, making it a Read category tool with low severity risk.
From the tool's definition The tool 'list_translations' retrieves and lists available Bible translations. The action is purely informational retrieval with no modification, deletion, or execution of external operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List all available Bible translations (WEB, KJV, WLC Hebrew, and others). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Bible MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Bible MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_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. Nothing to install.
list_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_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_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_translations is provided by the Bible MCP server (tuxr/bible-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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