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list-buckets

List all buckets in a Planner plan

How to control list-buckets ↓

What list-buckets does on Microsoft Planner MCP

AI agents call list-buckets to retrieve information from Microsoft Planner MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

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Why list-buckets needs a policy

This is a read-only operation that queries and returns bucket information from Microsoft Planner without creating, modifying, or deleting any data. It has minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent, as it only exposes existing organizational structure data.

From the tool's definition Tool name is 'list-buckets' and description states 'List all buckets in a Planner plan' — retrieves bucket data with no side effects.

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list-buckets gives an agent:

How to control list-buckets

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Microsoft Planner MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list-buckets:

policy.json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "list-buckets": {}
  }
}

list-buckets is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

  1. Create a free account and register Microsoft Planner MCP — nothing to install.
  2. Add this policy — paste it, or build it visually.
  3. Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.
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Questions about list-buckets

What does the list-buckets tool do? +

List all buckets in a Planner plan. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Microsoft Planner MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on list-buckets? +

Register the Microsoft Planner MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list-buckets: 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 Microsoft Planner MCP. Nothing to install.

What risk level is list-buckets? +

list-buckets is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit list-buckets? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the list-buckets 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.

How do I block list-buckets completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for list-buckets. 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.

What MCP server provides list-buckets? +

list-buckets is provided by the Microsoft Planner MCP server (vyente-ruffin/microsoft-planner-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policy on every Microsoft Planner MCP tool call.

Start from Microsoft Planner MCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.

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