access_get_door_status

What access_get_door_status does on UniFi Access MCP

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

Why access_get_door_status is rated Low

This tool performs a read-only operation—retrieving the current state of a door's lock and position. It has no side effects, does not execute commands, modify data, or trigger physical actions. The verb 'get' and lack of any mutation language confirm it is a safe information retrieval operation. Even in a security context, status queries pose minimal risk as they only expose current state information.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'access_get_door_status' and description 'Get current door lock/position status' indicate a query operation that retrieves real-time status information without modification.

The rule that runs access_get_door_status safely

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

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

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