Get AWX system information (config, dashboard, settings)
AI agents call awx_system_info to retrieve information from Pypi:awx without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a read operation that queries AWX system information such as configuration, dashboard metrics, and settings. While classified as Read, severity is elevated to medium because system configuration details can reveal sensitive infrastructure information (API endpoints, authentication methods, feature flags, resource limits) that could inform attack planning or privilege escalation attempts.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'awx_system_info' and description 'Get AWX system information (config, dashboard, settings)' indicate retrieval of system configuration and status data without modification.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access awx_system_info gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Pypi:awx, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for awx_system_info:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"awx_system_info": {}
}
}awx_system_info is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get AWX system information (config, dashboard, settings). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Pypi:awx MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Pypi:awx MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for awx_system_info: 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 Pypi:awx. Nothing to install.
awx_system_info 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 awx_system_info 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 awx_system_info. 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.
awx_system_info is provided by the Pypi:awx MCP server (SurgeX-Labs/awx-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Pypi:awx, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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