Explain effective config, config paths, data directory, and safety defaults without exposing command line secrets.
AI agents call config_explain to retrieve information from Clean Process Ended without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only reads and explains configuration information (paths, defaults, data directory). It has no side effects, does not modify data, and explicitly avoids exposing secrets. Pure read/inspect operation with minimal blast radius.
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Explain effective config, config paths, data directory, and safety defaults without exposing command line secrets. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Clean Process Ended MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Clean Process Ended MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for config_explain: 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 Clean Process Ended. Nothing to install.
config_explain 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 config_explain 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 config_explain. 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.
config_explain is provided by the Clean Process Ended MCP server (marcelocaporale/clean-process-ended). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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