[DEPRECATED -- use agent_handshake instead] Generic agent onboarding. Returns default config for unknown agents.
AI agents call agent_bootstrap to retrieve information from MidOS - MCP Community Library without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a configuration retrieval tool that provides onboarding defaults to agents. It performs a one-way data read without modifying state, executing code, deleting data, or triggering financial transactions. The deprecated status and replacement by 'agent_handshake' further indicate this is a simple informational endpoint.
From the tool's definition Tool returns default config for unknown agents - a read/retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or external execution. Description uses past tense 'returns' indicating data retrieval only. Marked DEPRECATED with no side effects described.
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[DEPRECATED -- use agent_handshake instead] Generic agent onboarding. Returns default config for unknown agents. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MidOS - MCP Community Library MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MidOS - MCP Community Library MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for agent_bootstrap: 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 MidOS - MCP Community Library. Nothing to install.
agent_bootstrap 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 agent_bootstrap 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 agent_bootstrap. 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.
agent_bootstrap is provided by the MidOS - MCP Community Library MCP server (midos-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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