refresh_subconscious
Get a summary of all subconscious memory blocks and their status.
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What refresh_subconscious does on Nodebench
AI agents call refresh_subconscious 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 refresh_subconscious is rated Low
The verb 'Get' and action 'summary' clearly denote a read-only operation that retrieves and displays information about memory blocks. There is no indication of data creation, modification, deletion, code execution, or financial transactions. The tool has no side effects beyond returning status information.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'refresh_subconscious' and description 'Get a summary of all subconscious memory blocks and their status' indicate a retrieval operation that queries internal state without modification.
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The rule that runs refresh_subconscious 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 refresh_subconscious, this is the rule to start with:
refresh_subconscious 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 Nodebench, apply this rule, and every refresh_subconscious call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about refresh_subconscious
Get a summary of all subconscious memory blocks and their status. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Nodebench MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Nodebench MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for refresh_subconscious: 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 Nodebench. Nothing to install.
refresh_subconscious 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 refresh_subconscious 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 refresh_subconscious. 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.
refresh_subconscious is provided by the Nodebench MCP server (nodebench-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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