kernel_status

What kernel_status does on Kaggle-MCP

AI agents call kernel_status to retrieve information from Kaggle-MCP without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why kernel_status is rated Low

The tool retrieves information about a kernel's current state without modifying, executing, or deleting anything. It is a simple read operation similar to checking metadata. The fact that it operates on Kaggle kernels (which are compute environments) does not change the classification, as the tool itself only observes status rather than triggering execution or making changes.

From the tool's definition Tool name and description explicitly indicate a status query: "Get the status of a kernel." This is a retrieval operation with no modification, execution, or deletion of data.

The rule that runs kernel_status safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Kaggle-MCP, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For kernel_status, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "kernel_status": {}
  }
}

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