guidance

Get instructions on how to use the available tool groups and services. Call this FIRST when unsure which tool to use, when a user asks

SERVERClaude Flow SOURCEclaude-flow

Low RISK CLASS

Category Read

Parameters 00 required

Recommended Allowedsee the rule below

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This record as markdown: /tools/io-github-ruvnet-claude-flow/guidance.md

WHAT IT DOES

What guidance does on Claude Flow

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

RISK

Why guidance is rated Low

This is fundamentally a Read operation—it retrieves information without modifying state. However, in the context of a server with 87 tools for 'enterprise dev' and agent swarm orchestration, malicious or misleading guidance could redirect an agent toward destructive operations like agent_terminate or unauthorized agent_spawn calls.

From the tool's definition Tool is named 'guidance' and described as retrieving 'instructions on how to use the available tool groups and services'—a read operation that retrieves reference data.

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RECOMMENDED RULE

The rule that runs guidance safely

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

guidance Allowed

guidance is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

View as policy code

policy.json

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

ALLOW ONLY THIS TOOL → Instant setup, no code required.

The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Claude Flow, apply this rule, and every guidance call is checked against it from then on.

FAQ

Questions about guidance

What does the guidance tool do? +

Get instructions on how to use the available tool groups and services. Call this FIRST when unsure which tool to use, when a user asks. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Claude Flow MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on guidance? +

Register the Claude Flow MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for guidance: 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 Claude Flow. Nothing to install.

What risk level is guidance? +

guidance is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit guidance? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the guidance 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.

How do I block guidance completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for guidance. 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.

What MCP server provides guidance? +

guidance is provided by the Claude Flow MCP server (claude-flow). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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