rag.assess_answer_groundedness
Verify answers are grounded in provided context by checking claim support
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What rag.assess_answer_groundedness does on ContextForge MCP Gateway
AI agents call rag.assess_answer_groundedness to retrieve information from ContextForge MCP Gateway without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why rag.assess_answer_groundedness is rated Low
The tool performs a read-only verification task: it examines answers and context to assess groundedness by checking whether claims are supported. This is purely analytical with no side effects, no data mutation, and no external execution. It fits the Read category definition: 'retrieves or queries data; no side effects.'
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'assess' and description states 'Verify answers are grounded in provided context by checking claim support' — this is a validation/analysis operation that reads and evaluates existing data without modifying, deleting, or executing external…
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The rule that runs rag.assess_answer_groundedness safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and ContextForge MCP Gateway, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For rag.assess_answer_groundedness, this is the rule to start with:
rag.assess_answer_groundedness is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect ContextForge MCP Gateway, apply this rule, and every rag.assess_answer_groundedness call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about rag.assess_answer_groundedness
Verify answers are grounded in provided context by checking claim support. 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 rag.assess_answer_groundedness: 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.
rag.assess_answer_groundedness 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 rag.assess_answer_groundedness 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 rag.assess_answer_groundedness. 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.
rag.assess_answer_groundedness 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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