Get Tool Compass gateway status and health information.
AI agents call compass_status to retrieve information from Tool Compass without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves status and health information about the Tool Compass gateway. It queries the current state of a system without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any external operations. This is a straightforward Read operation with minimal risk — the worst outcome of misuse is exposing non-sensitive operational metadata.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get Tool Compass gateway status and health information' — a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
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Get Tool Compass gateway status and health information. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Tool Compass MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Tool Compass MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for compass_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 Tool Compass. Nothing to install.
compass_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 compass_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 compass_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.
compass_status is provided by the Tool Compass MCP server (mcp-tool-shop-org/tool-compass). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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