fw_status

What fw_status does on Crow

AI agents call fw_status to retrieve information from Crow without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why fw_status is rated Low

This tool retrieves and reports status data about a Funkwhale pod without side effects. It queries existing state (reachability, version, federation mode, policy counts, authentication info) but does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. This is a classic Read operation with minimal risk—the worst outcome is obtaining stale or incorrect status information.

From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states it 'Report[s]' status information including reachability, version, federation mode, instance policy counts, and auth whoami—purely informational queries with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities.

The rule that runs fw_status safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Crow, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For fw_status, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "fw_status": {}
  }
}

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