get_managed_switches

What get_managed_switches does on Ikuai

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

Why get_managed_switches is rated Low

This is a straightforward data retrieval operation that queries the router's state to list connected switches. It has no side effects, does not execute commands, does not modify data, and does not delete anything. It falls squarely into the Read category with low severity since the information returned is about network device inventory with no blast radius for misuse.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_managed_switches' and description '获取下联交换机设备列表' (get managed/subordinate switches device list) indicate a query/retrieval operation that returns a list of connected switch devices without modifying any data.

The rule that runs get_managed_switches safely

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

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

Questions about get_managed_switches