overstory_fleet_status

What overstory_fleet_status does on Nodebench

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

Why overstory_fleet_status is rated Low

This tool performs read-only status queries of a multi-agent fleet. It retrieves state information (active agents, capabilities, health, worktree state) without creating, modifying, executing, or deleting any data. The 'Read' verb and passive information retrieval nature confirm this is a Read category tool with low severity, as misuse would only expose fleet status information without enabling harmful actions.

From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states 'Read the Overstory multi-agent fleet status' with operations limited to querying 'active agents, capabilities, health, worktree state' — all informational retrieval with no modification or execution capabilities.

The rule that runs overstory_fleet_status safely

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

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

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