AI agents call immich_albums_list to retrieve information from Immich 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 album information with optional filtering. It performs no side effects, creates no new data, modifies nothing, executes no code, and deletes nothing. This is a straightforward Read operation with minimal risk; the worst case is unauthorized visibility of album metadata, which represents low severity in a self-hosted photo management context.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'immich_albums_list' and description 'List all albums. Optionally filter by shared status' indicate a query operation that retrieves album data without modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List all albums. Optionally filter by shared status. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Immich MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Immich MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for immich_albums_list: 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 Immich. Nothing to install.
immich_albums_list 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 immich_albums_list 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 immich_albums_list. 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.
immich_albums_list is provided by the Immich MCP server (whitehara/immich-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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