List public Venice characters.${API_KEY_ONLY}
AI agents call venice_list_characters to retrieve information from Venice MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or queries publicly available data (Venice characters) without modifying, executing, or destructively affecting any data. It is a straightforward Read operation with minimal security risk — the blast radius is limited to exposure of public character metadata.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate 'List public Venice characters' — a retrieval operation with no side effects. The `${API_KEY_ONLY}` notation suggests API key authentication but does not change the read-only nature of listing.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access venice_list_characters gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Venice MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for venice_list_characters:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"venice_list_characters": {}
}
}venice_list_characters is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List public Venice characters.${API_KEY_ONLY}. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Venice MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Venice MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for venice_list_characters: 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 Venice MCP Server. Nothing to install.
venice_list_characters 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 venice_list_characters 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 venice_list_characters. 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.
venice_list_characters is provided by the Venice MCP Server MCP server (veniceai/venice-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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27 Venice MCP Server tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.