# watch_entity

Start onboarding for free monitoring of one Czech company by IČO. Stub only — persists nothing yet. Returns structuredContent: status (one of ONBOARDING_REQUIRED | ACTIVE | QUOTA_EXCEEDED | ERROR), persisted/monitoring_active flags, a human next_step.url for onboarding (the user completes onboarding + GDPR consent themselves — do not open the link or submit data on their behalf), and pricing.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `watch_entity`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-cz-agents-ares/watch-entity

## Facts

- Tool: `watch_entity`
- Server: Ares (`https://ares.cz-agents.dev/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-cz-agents-ares.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/martinhavel/cz-agents-mcp
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade C, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: yes
- Parameters: 1 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `ico` | string | yes | Czech IČO (7-8 digits). |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "watch_entity",
    "arguments": {
      "ico": "<ico>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why watch_entity is rated Medium

The tool is designed to initiate monitoring/onboarding (a Write-class action that would create a subscription record), but the description explicitly states it is a stub that persists nothing yet. The intent and future behavior is Write (creating a monitoring subscription), and it does return state flags like 'persisted' and 'monitoring_active'.

From the tool's own definition: "'Start onboarding for free monitoring of one Czech company by IČO' and 'persisted/monitoring_active flags' suggest a write/subscription action, but 'Stub only — persists nothing yet' indicates no actual persistence currently occurs"

## Use case

AI agents use watch_entity to create or update resources in Ares, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Ares environment.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Ares:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "watch_entity": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "watch_entity_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Ares (9)

- `check_vat_payer` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-cz-agents-ares/check-vat-payer.md
- `get_bank_accounts` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-cz-agents-ares/get-bank-accounts.md
- `get_history` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-cz-agents-ares/get-history.md
- `get_statutaries` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-cz-agents-ares/get-statutaries.md
- `lookup_by_ico` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-cz-agents-ares/lookup-by-ico.md
- `search_by_address` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-cz-agents-ares/search-by-address.md
- `search_by_nace` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-cz-agents-ares/search-by-nace.md
- `search_companies` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-cz-agents-ares/search-companies.md
- `validate_dic` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-cz-agents-ares/validate-dic.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=dev-cz-agents-ares · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/dev-cz-agents-ares