Check the status of the AI service in YearAtAGlance
AI agents call yaag_ai_status to retrieve information from YearAtAGlance MCP 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 status check of an internal service. It has no side effects, does not modify calendar data, does not execute arbitrary code, and does not perform destructive operations. Status checks are informational queries with minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'yaag_ai_status' and description 'Check the status of the AI service' indicate a query/monitoring operation that retrieves status information without modifying, deleting, or executing external operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Check the status of the AI service in YearAtAGlance. It is categorised as a Read tool in the YearAtAGlance MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the YearAtAGlance MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for yaag_ai_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 YearAtAGlance MCP Server. Nothing to install.
yaag_ai_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 yaag_ai_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 yaag_ai_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.
yaag_ai_status is provided by the YearAtAGlance MCP Server MCP server (mindfullabai/yearataglance-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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