Triggers an immediate evaluation of all registered watches and returns any unacknowledged alerts grouped by severity (critical or warning). Call this to poll for fired conditions without waiting for a webhook — it is safe to call repeatedly and will re-evaluate all watches on each call. Optionall...
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AI agents may call alerts.check to permanently remove or destroy resources in Syenite. Without a policy, an autonomous agent could delete critical data in a loop with no way to undo the damage. PolicyLayer blocks destructive tools by default and requires explicit human approval before enabling them.
Without a policy, an AI agent could call alerts.check in a loop, permanently destroying resources in Syenite. There is no undo for destructive operations. PolicyLayer blocks this tool by default and only allows it when a human explicitly approves the action.
Destructive tools permanently remove data. Block by default. Only enable with explicit approval workflows.
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"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"hide": [
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]
}See the full Syenite policy for all 46 tools.
These attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access alerts.check gives an agent. Each links to the full case and the policy that stops it:
Other destructive tools across the catalogue. The same approach applies to each: deny by default, or require human approval.
Triggers an immediate evaluation of all registered watches and returns any unacknowledged alerts grouped by severity (critical or warning). Call this to poll for fired conditions without waiting for a webhook — it is safe to call repeatedly and will re-evaluate all watches on each call. Optionally pass watchId to filter results to a single watch; pass acknowledge: true with a watchId to clear that watch's alerts after reading. Returns alert count, severity breakdown, and per-alert details including watch type, message, and supporting data. Does not modify watch configuration.. It is categorised as a Destructive tool in the Syenite MCP Server, which means it can permanently delete or destroy data. Block by default and require explicit approval.
Register the Syenite MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for alerts.check: 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 Syenite. Nothing to install.
alerts.check is a Destructive tool with critical risk. Critical-risk tools should be blocked by default and only enabled with explicit human approval.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the alerts.check 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 alerts.check. 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.
alerts.check is provided by the Syenite MCP server (@syenite/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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