List all available meal categories.
AI agents call recipes_categories to retrieve information from Mcp Everything without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and returns a static list of meal categories. It performs a read-only operation with no ability to modify, delete, or execute code. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an AI agent cannot cause harm by listing recipe categories.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'recipes_categories' and description 'List all available meal categories' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List all available meal categories. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Everything MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Everything MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for recipes_categories: 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 Mcp Everything. Nothing to install.
recipes_categories 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 recipes_categories 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 recipes_categories. 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.
recipes_categories is provided by the Mcp Everything MCP server (wellix260/mcp-everything). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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