Track generation speed and response times with statistical analysis
AI agents call performance.measure_response_latency to retrieve information from ContextForge MCP Gateway without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool passively measures and reports on response latency metrics. It performs statistical analysis on existing timing data, which is a read-only monitoring activity. There is no code execution, data modification, deletion, or financial impact. The sibling tools (trackers, content/graph builders) reinforce that this is part of an observability/instrumentation suite.
From the tool's definition Tool name includes 'measure' and description states 'Track generation speed and response times with statistical analysis' — these are observational/monitoring operations that retrieve performance metrics without modifying, executing external code, or…
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Track generation speed and response times with statistical analysis. It is categorised as a Read tool in the ContextForge MCP Gateway MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the ContextForge MCP Gateway MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for performance.measure_response_latency: 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 ContextForge MCP Gateway. Nothing to install.
performance.measure_response_latency 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 performance.measure_response_latency 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 performance.measure_response_latency. 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.
performance.measure_response_latency is provided by the ContextForge MCP Gateway MCP server (jrmatherly/mcp-context-forge). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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