check_navidrome
Check Navidrome music streaming server health via GET /app/manifest.json (public endpoint). Returns reachable state.
This record as markdown: /tools/aaronckj-mcp-nettools/check-navidrome.md
What check_navidrome does on Mcp Nettools
AI agents call check_navidrome to retrieve information from Mcp Nettools without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why check_navidrome is rated Low
This tool retrieves information about a Navidrome server's health status via a read-only HTTP GET request to a documented public endpoint. It has no side effects, does not modify data, and does not execute code. The action is purely informational querying, consistent with the Read category.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states it performs a GET request to a public endpoint (/app/manifest.json) and returns reachable state. No data modification, deletion, or code execution occurs.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs check_navidrome safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Mcp Nettools, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For check_navidrome, this is the rule to start with:
check_navidrome is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Mcp Nettools, apply this rule, and every check_navidrome call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about check_navidrome
Check Navidrome music streaming server health via GET /app/manifest.json (public endpoint). Returns reachable state. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Nettools MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Nettools MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for check_navidrome: 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 Mcp Nettools. Nothing to install.
check_navidrome 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 check_navidrome 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 check_navidrome. 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.
check_navidrome is provided by the Mcp Nettools MCP server (aaronckj/mcp-nettools). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
More on Mcp Nettools, and thousands of servers like it.
This server
Across the catalogue