overpass-status
Get the Overpass API service status (plain text).
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What overpass-status does on Meta Data Mcp
AI agents call overpass-status to retrieve information from Meta Data Mcp without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why overpass-status is rated Low
This tool queries and returns status information about an external service. It performs a simple GET request that retrieves data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. The minimal information exposure and lack of actionable side effects justify low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves service status information via 'Get the Overpass API service status (plain text)' — a read-only query operation with no side effects.
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The rule that runs overpass-status safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Meta Data Mcp, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For overpass-status, this is the rule to start with:
overpass-status 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 Meta Data Mcp, apply this rule, and every overpass-status call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about overpass-status
Get the Overpass API service status (plain text). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Meta Data Mcp MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Meta Data MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for overpass-status: 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 Meta Data Mcp. Nothing to install.
overpass-status 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 overpass-status 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 overpass-status. 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.
overpass-status is provided by the Meta Data MCP server (pypi:meta-data-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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