probe

What probe does on Mcp Control Plane

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

Why probe is rated Low

This is a passive reconnaissance tool that queries the availability and status of management ports on RouterOS devices. It performs no side effects, makes no modifications, executes no commands, and only retrieves information about port accessibility. The explicit mention of 'without logging in' confirms it does not alter state. This is characteristic of Read category tools (list, fetch, check).

From the tool's definition Tool name 'probe' and description 'Check common RouterOS management ports without logging in' indicate non-invasive port/service discovery with no authentication required, no data modification, and no command execution.

The rule that runs probe safely

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

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

Questions about probe