summarize_text
Summarize text using Apple Intelligence (on-device Foundation Models). Requires macOS 26+ with Apple Silicon.
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What summarize_text does on AirMCP
AI agents call summarize_text to retrieve information from AirMCP without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why summarize_text is rated Low
This is a data retrieval and processing operation that takes text as input and returns a summarized version. It neither modifies the original data, executes external commands with unpredictable side effects, deletes anything, nor involves financial operations. The use of 'Apple Intelligence' (on-device Foundation Models) is a summarization service, not arbitrary code execution.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'summarize_text' and description states it 'Summarize[s] text using Apple Intelligence'. No creation, modification, deletion, execution of arbitrary code, financial transactions, or destructive operations are implied.
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The rule that runs summarize_text safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and AirMCP, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For summarize_text, this is the rule to start with:
summarize_text 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 AirMCP, apply this rule, and every summarize_text call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about summarize_text
Summarize text using Apple Intelligence (on-device Foundation Models). Requires macOS 26+ with Apple Silicon. It is categorised as a Read tool in the AirMCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Air MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for summarize_text: 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 AirMCP. Nothing to install.
summarize_text 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 summarize_text 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 summarize_text. 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.
summarize_text is provided by the Air MCP server (airmcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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