Check Grafana instance health and version information.
AI agents call get_health to retrieve information from Mcp Read Only Grafana without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves health metrics and version information from Grafana without modifying, executing external operations, or changing state. It is a simple diagnostic read operation. Severity is low because the information disclosed (health status, version) poses minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent—it cannot alter systems or leak sensitive user data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_health' and description 'Check Grafana instance health and version information' indicate a read-only query operation with no side effects.
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Check Grafana instance health and version information. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Read Only Grafana MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Read Only Grafana MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_health: 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 Mcp Read Only Grafana. Nothing to install.
get_health 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 get_health 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 get_health. 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.
get_health is provided by the Mcp Read Only Grafana MCP server (lukleh/mcp-read-only-grafana). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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