Frigate system stats: version, detector inference time, CPU usage per process. Cached for 30s.
AI agents call crow_frigate_stats to retrieve information from Crow without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves monitoring and diagnostic information about a Frigate video system. It has no side effects, does not execute commands, does not modify data, and does not perform destructive actions. The data is cached for 30s, further confirming it is a passive read operation. Even if an AI agent misuses it, the only risk is information disclosure about system performance, which is low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool queries and retrieves Frigate system statistics (version, detector inference time, CPU usage per process) with no modification or destructive capability. The description uses "stats" and "query" language indicating a retrieval-only operation.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access crow_frigate_stats gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Crow, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for crow_frigate_stats:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"crow_frigate_stats": {}
}
} crow_frigate_stats is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Frigate system stats: version, detector inference time, CPU usage per process. Cached for 30s. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Crow MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Crow MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for crow_frigate_stats: 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 Crow. Nothing to install.
crow_frigate_stats 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 crow_frigate_stats 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 crow_frigate_stats. 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.
crow_frigate_stats is provided by the Crow MCP server (kh0pper/crow). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Crow, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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