list_user_permissions

What list_user_permissions does on Elementify MCP

AI agents call list_user_permissions to retrieve information from Elementify MCP without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why list_user_permissions is rated Low

This tool retrieves and queries user permission information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It is a straightforward read operation that fetches role-based permission data. Severity is low because while permission enumeration could inform unauthorized access attempts, the tool itself performs no privileged actions and has minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_user_permissions' and description 'List all permissions for a user' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects. Returns permission data only.

The rule that runs list_user_permissions safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Elementify MCP, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For list_user_permissions, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "list_user_permissions": {}
  }
}

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