gitlab_get_runner_status

What gitlab_get_runner_status does on Gitlab

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

Why gitlab_get_runner_status is rated Low

This tool retrieves operational metadata about a GitLab runner (health status, version, contact time). It performs a read-only query with no capability to modify infrastructure, execute workloads, delete resources, or trigger financial transactions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could only gather information about runner availability, not alter deployments or cause infrastructure damage.

From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate a status check operation: 'Check a runner's health, version, and last contact time.' These are query/retrieve operations with no side effects, mutations, or external command execution.

The rule that runs gitlab_get_runner_status safely

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

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

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