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health_check

Returns a simple health status to confirm the server is running.

How to control health_check ↓

What health_check does on Video & Audio Editing MCP Server

AI agents call health_check to retrieve information from Video & Audio Editing MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

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Why health_check needs a policy

This tool merely queries and returns the operational state of the server without modifying, executing operations on, or affecting any data or resources. It is a passive diagnostic check typical of health monitoring endpoints. No sensitive data is accessed, no media files are modified, and no external operations are triggered.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'health_check' and description 'Returns a simple health status to confirm the server is running' indicates a read-only status query with no side effects.

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access health_check gives an agent:

How to control health_check

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Video & Audio Editing MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for health_check:

policy.json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "health_check": {}
  }
}

health_check is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

  1. Create a free account and register Video & Audio Editing MCP Server — nothing to install.
  2. Add this policy — paste it, or build it visually.
  3. Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.
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Questions about health_check

What does the health_check tool do? +

Returns a simple health status to confirm the server is running. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Video & Audio Editing MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on health_check? +

Register the Video & Audio Editing MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for health_check: 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 Video & Audio Editing MCP Server. Nothing to install.

What risk level is health_check? +

health_check is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit health_check? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the health_check 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.

How do I block health_check completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for health_check. 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.

What MCP server provides health_check? +

health_check is provided by the Video & Audio Editing MCP Server MCP server (misbahsy/video-audio-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policy on every Video & Audio Editing MCP Server tool call.

Start from Video & Audio Editing MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.

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