AI agents call search_rnd_projects to retrieve information from Ntis without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves information about South Korea's national R&D projects from the NTIS database. It is a read-only search operation with no side effects, data modification, code execution, or financial impact. The low severity reflects that misuse would only expose public research data without causing harm.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_rnd_projects' and function to 'Search South Korea' [national R&D projects] with no mention of modification, deletion, or execution capabilities. Sibling tools are all 'search_*' functions, indicating a search/query-only API.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search South Korea. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Ntis MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Ntis MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_rnd_projects: 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 Ntis. Nothing to install.
search_rnd_projects 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 search_rnd_projects 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 search_rnd_projects. 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.
search_rnd_projects is provided by the Ntis MCP server (vertical-mcp/ntis-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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