Get current headcount by team, role, or department with filtering. Returns employee data including roles, departments, and employment status.
AI agents call modus_get_current_headcount to retrieve information from Modus 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 query operation that retrieves organizational headcount information and employee metadata. It has no side effects, does not modify data, execute code, delete records, or affect financial systems. While it accesses sensitive HR data, the read-only nature and filtering capabilities place it in the Read category with low severity risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'modus_get_current_headcount' and description 'Get current headcount by team, role, or department with filtering.
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Get current headcount by team, role, or department with filtering. Returns employee data including roles, departments, and employment status. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Modus MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Modus MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for modus_get_current_headcount: 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 Modus MCP Server. Nothing to install.
modus_get_current_headcount 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 modus_get_current_headcount 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 modus_get_current_headcount. 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.
modus_get_current_headcount is provided by the Modus MCP Server MCP server (mod-us/modus-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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