Get firmware config: motor settings, axis lengths, accelerations, encoder behaviour, homing speeds, safe heights. This is what you change to calibrate motion.
AI agents call farmbot_get_firmware_config to retrieve information from Farmbot Agent without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves configuration data from FarmBot firmware. It performs no writes, deletions, or side effects—it is purely informational. While the description mentions 'what you change to calibrate motion', this tool itself only reads the current configuration; it does not perform those changes. The blast radius of misuse is minimal, as reading configuration data poses no operational risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name includes 'get' and description states it retrieves firmware configuration parameters (motor settings, axis lengths, accelerations, encoder behaviour, homing speeds, safe heights) without modifying them.
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Get firmware config: motor settings, axis lengths, accelerations, encoder behaviour, homing speeds, safe heights. This is what you change to calibrate motion. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Farmbot Agent MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Farmbot Agent MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for farmbot_get_firmware_config: 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 Farmbot Agent. Nothing to install.
farmbot_get_firmware_config 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 farmbot_get_firmware_config 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 farmbot_get_firmware_config. 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.
farmbot_get_firmware_config is provided by the Farmbot Agent MCP server (kieranklaassen/farmbot-agent-cli-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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