List available project scaffold templates.
AI agents call bazel_scaffold_list_templates to retrieve information from XcodeBazelMCP 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 available templates without side effects. It is purely informational retrieval, matching the Read category definition of 'retrieves or queries data; no side effects (search, list, get, fetch)'. The blast radius of misuse is minimal since it only exposes template names/metadata.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'list' and description states 'List available project scaffold templates' - a read-only operation that retrieves template metadata with no modification or execution of code.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access bazel_scaffold_list_templates gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and XcodeBazelMCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for bazel_scaffold_list_templates:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"bazel_scaffold_list_templates": {}
}
}bazel_scaffold_list_templates is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List available project scaffold templates. It is categorised as a Read tool in the XcodeBazelMCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the XcodeBazel MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for bazel_scaffold_list_templates: 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 XcodeBazelMCP. Nothing to install.
bazel_scaffold_list_templates 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 bazel_scaffold_list_templates 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 bazel_scaffold_list_templates. 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.
bazel_scaffold_list_templates is provided by the XcodeBazel MCP server (xcodebazelmcp/xcodebazelmcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from XcodeBazelMCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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