Check the status of a crawl job.
AI agents call firecrawl_check_crawl_status to retrieve information from Mcp Docs Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only operation—it queries the status of an existing crawl job and returns information. There are no side effects, no code execution, no data modification or deletion, and no financial implications. It fits the 'Read' category as a simple lookup/fetch operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'firecrawl_check_crawl_status' and description 'Check the status of a crawl job' indicate a query operation that retrieves status information without modifying, executing, or deleting anything.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Check the status of a crawl job. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Docs Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Docs Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for firecrawl_check_crawl_status: 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 Docs Server. Nothing to install.
firecrawl_check_crawl_status 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 firecrawl_check_crawl_status 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 firecrawl_check_crawl_status. 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.
firecrawl_check_crawl_status is provided by the Mcp Docs Server MCP server (@mastra/mcp-docs-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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