check_planka
Check Planka kanban project management board health via GET /api/health or root path. 200 or 401 = healthy. Default port 1337.
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What check_planka does on Mcp Nettools
AI agents call check_planka 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_planka is rated Low
This is a read-only diagnostic operation that queries the health status of a Planka service. It retrieves information about system status without side effects. The tool only checks connectivity and health status of a web service on port 1337, which is consistent with the server's purpose of network diagnostics. No write, execute, destructive, or financial operations are performed.
From the tool's definition Tool performs a GET request to check health endpoint (/api/health or root path). Returns health status based on HTTP response codes (200 or 401). No data modification, deletion, or external state changes occur.
Risk signalsAdmin/system-level operation
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs check_planka 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_planka, this is the rule to start with:
check_planka 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_planka call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about check_planka
Check Planka kanban project management board health via GET /api/health or root path. 200 or 401 = healthy. Default port 1337. 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_planka: 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_planka 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_planka 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_planka. 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_planka 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.
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