사용 가능한 학술 DB 목록을 조회합니다.
AI agents call list_providers to retrieve information from Academic MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool retrieves metadata about available academic database providers. It performs a read-only query operation similar to 'list' or 'get', returning informational data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. The blast radius if misused is minimal—an agent could only discover which databases are available, which is non-sensitive metadata.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'list_providers' and description translates to 'Retrieves a list of available academic databases.' This is a query operation that lists available data sources with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
사용 가능한 학술 DB 목록을 조회합니다. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Academic MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Academic MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_providers: 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 Academic MCP. Nothing to install.
list_providers 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 list_providers 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 list_providers. 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.
list_providers is provided by the Academic MCP server (xinyousuozhi/academic-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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