x_federation_claims
Return the current owner-per-resource work-claims ledger for the open swarm (ruv://claims/board). Use when you are about to start shared work and need to know whether a resourceId is already owned. Inferring ownership from raw ClaimIssued events is wrong because releases, TTL expiry and handoffs ...
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What x_federation_claims does on Claude Flow
AI agents call x_federation_claims 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.
Why x_federation_claims is rated Low
Tool only retrieves the current claims ledger; no data is modified.
From the tool's definition Return the current owner-per-resource work-claims ledger
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The rule that runs x_federation_claims 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 x_federation_claims, this is the rule to start with:
x_federation_claims 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 Claude Flow, apply this rule, and every x_federation_claims call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about x_federation_claims
Return the current owner-per-resource work-claims ledger for the open swarm (ruv://claims/board). Use when you are about to start shared work and need to know whether a resourceId is already owned. Inferring ownership from raw ClaimIssued events is wrong because releases, TTL expiry and handoffs change the answer; the board applies those rules. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Claude Flow MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Claude Flow MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for x_federation_claims: 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.
x_federation_claims 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 x_federation_claims 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 x_federation_claims. 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.
x_federation_claims 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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