format_with_salience_budget
Format memories for LLM prompt consumption with proportional token allocation based on salience scores
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What format_with_salience_budget does on Enhanced Knowledge Graph Memory Server
AI agents call format_with_salience_budget to retrieve information from Enhanced Knowledge Graph Memory Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why format_with_salience_budget is rated Low
This tool retrieves and formats stored memories with salience-based ranking to optimize token usage in prompts. It is a read operation that transforms data structure without altering underlying memory state. The 'format' and 'allocation' language refers to presentation logic, not creation or modification of data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'format_with_salience_budget' and description 'Format memories for LLM prompt consumption with proportional token allocation based on salience scores' indicate data retrieval and formatting.
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The rule that runs format_with_salience_budget safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Enhanced Knowledge Graph Memory Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For format_with_salience_budget, this is the rule to start with:
format_with_salience_budget 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 Enhanced Knowledge Graph Memory Server, apply this rule, and every format_with_salience_budget call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about format_with_salience_budget
Format memories for LLM prompt consumption with proportional token allocation based on salience scores. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Enhanced Knowledge Graph Memory Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Enhanced Knowledge Graph Memory Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for format_with_salience_budget: 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 Enhanced Knowledge Graph Memory Server. Nothing to install.
format_with_salience_budget 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 format_with_salience_budget 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 format_with_salience_budget. 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.
format_with_salience_budget is provided by the Enhanced Knowledge Graph Memory Server MCP server (danielsimonjr/memory-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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