Search for dashboards by title, description, or other criteria.
AI agents call list_dashboards to retrieve information from Looker 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 dashboard information from Looker without creating, modifying, or deleting any data. It is a standard read-only query that returns matching dashboard objects. The blast radius is minimal: an AI agent querying this tool can only discover what dashboards exist, not alter state or access sensitive data beyond what the Looker instance already exposes to the authenticated user.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Search for dashboards by title, description, or other criteria' — a pure retrieval operation with no side effects. The verb 'search' and 'list' operations are non-mutating queries over existing dashboard metadata.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search for dashboards by title, description, or other criteria. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Looker MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Looker MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_dashboards: 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 Looker MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_dashboards 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_dashboards 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_dashboards. 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_dashboards is provided by the Looker MCP Server MCP server (ultrathink-solutions/looker-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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