List all distributions for a survey (email sends, anonymous links, etc.)
AI agents call list_distributions to retrieve information from Qualtrics MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries data about survey distributions without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It is a read-only operation with minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent—at worst, it exposes information about how a survey was distributed, which is low-risk compared to creating, modifying, or deleting distributions.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_distributions' and description 'List all distributions for a survey' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects. The action queries existing survey distribution metadata.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_distributions gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Qualtrics MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_distributions:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_distributions": {}
}
}list_distributions is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List all distributions for a survey (email sends, anonymous links, etc.). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Qualtrics MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Qualtrics MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_distributions: 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 Qualtrics MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_distributions 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_distributions 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_distributions. 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_distributions is provided by the Qualtrics MCP Server MCP server (yrvelez/qualtrics-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Qualtrics MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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