Inspect local operations state for incidents, digests, broadcasts, followups, and playbook runs.
AI agents call ops_state_overview to retrieve information from Slack Max API MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and inspects operational state data (incidents, digests, broadcasts, followups, playbook runs) without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It is purely informational and has no side effects. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could gain visibility into operational state but cannot change it or trigger actions.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'ops_state_overview' and description 'Inspect local operations state' indicate a read-only inspection/query operation with no modification capability. Key verb is 'Inspect', which is a passive retrieval of state information.
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Inspect local operations state for incidents, digests, broadcasts, followups, and playbook runs. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Slack Max API MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Slack Max API MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for ops_state_overview: 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 Slack Max API MCP. Nothing to install.
ops_state_overview 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 ops_state_overview 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 ops_state_overview. 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.
ops_state_overview is provided by the Slack Max API MCP server (jeongwoobin335/slack-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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