Check the status of any Runway generation task.
AI agents call check_runway_task to retrieve information from Apple Shortcuts without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only operation by checking/querying the status of an existing task. It has no side effects, does not execute code or commands, does not modify data, and does not delete or move resources. The verb 'check' combined with 'status' confirms it is purely informational retrieval.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'check_runway_task' and description 'Check the status of any Runway generation task' indicate a query operation that retrieves task status information without modifying, executing, or deleting anything.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access check_runway_task gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Apple Shortcuts, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for check_runway_task:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"check_runway_task": {}
}
}check_runway_task is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Check the status of any Runway generation task. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apple Shortcuts MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Apple Shortcuts MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for check_runway_task: 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 Apple Shortcuts. Nothing to install.
check_runway_task 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 check_runway_task 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 check_runway_task. 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.
check_runway_task is provided by the Apple Shortcuts MCP server (@mindstone/mcp-server-apple-shortcuts). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Apple Shortcuts, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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