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How to control health_check ↓

What health_check does on Rize Io MCP Server

AI agents call health_check to retrieve information from Rize Io MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

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Why health_check needs a policy

Health checks are typically read-only operations that verify system status or availability without side effects. The empty description lowers confidence slightly, but the name strongly indicates a benign diagnostic query. This fits the Read category (retrieves or queries data; no side effects) with low severity since misuse would only expose system status information.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'health_check' with empty description suggests a diagnostic or status query operation. No indication of data modification, deletion, or external action execution.

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access health_check gives an agent:

How to control health_check

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Rize Io MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for health_check:

policy.json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "health_check": {}
  }
}

health_check is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

  1. Create a free account and register Rize Io MCP Server — nothing to install.
  2. Add this policy — paste it, or build it visually.
  3. Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.
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Questions about health_check

What does the health_check tool do? +

health_check. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Rize Io MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on health_check? +

Register the Rize Io MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for health_check: 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 Rize Io MCP Server. Nothing to install.

What risk level is health_check? +

health_check is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit health_check? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the health_check 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.

How do I block health_check completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for health_check. 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.

What MCP server provides health_check? +

health_check is provided by the Rize Io MCP Server MCP server (mariomosca/rizeio-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policy on every Rize Io MCP Server tool call.

Start from Rize Io MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.

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