Simple health-check tool that returns pong.
AI agents call ping to retrieve information from My HTTP MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a basic health-check endpoint that retrieves server status information. It performs no data retrieval beyond confirming availability, makes no modifications, executes no code or external operations, and has no destructive or financial implications. The minimal information returned and lack of any state changes classify it as Read category with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Simple health-check tool that returns pong' — a passive query that returns status information with no side effects.
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Simple health-check tool that returns pong. It is categorised as a Read tool in the My HTTP MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the My HTTP MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for ping: 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 My HTTP MCP Server. Nothing to install.
ping 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 ping 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 ping. 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.
ping is provided by the My HTTP MCP Server MCP server (joheiss/my-http-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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