Get system status or specific room status with statistics including online users, message counts, and storage usage
AI agents call agent_communication_get_status to retrieve information from Agent Communication MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries status information (online users, message counts, storage usage) without modifying any state, executing code, or triggering external operations. It is a read-only operation that poses minimal risk if misused by an AI agent, as it cannot cause data loss, financial harm, or destructive changes. The low severity reflects the limited blast radius of status information exposure.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Get[s] system status or specific room status with statistics including online users, message counts, and storage usage' — a purely informational retrieval operation with no mutations, deletions, or external effects.
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Get system status or specific room status with statistics including online users, message counts, and storage usage. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Agent Communication MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Agent Communication MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for agent_communication_get_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 Agent Communication MCP Server. Nothing to install.
agent_communication_get_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 agent_communication_get_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 agent_communication_get_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.
agent_communication_get_status is provided by the Agent Communication MCP Server MCP server (mkxultra/agent-communication-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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