AI agents call cortex_status to retrieve information from Novyx without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries the status of an autonomous intelligence system, returning current state information. No data is created, modified, deleted, or financial commitments are made. The 'Get' pattern combined with 'status' is a classic Read operation characteristic.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'cortex_status' and description 'Get Cortex autonomous intelligence status' indicate a retrieval operation. The verb 'Get' and 'status' query pattern clearly demonstrate information retrieval with no state modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access cortex_status gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Novyx, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for cortex_status:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"cortex_status": {}
}
}cortex_status is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get Cortex autonomous intelligence status. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Novyx MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Novyx MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for cortex_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 Novyx. Nothing to install.
cortex_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 cortex_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 cortex_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.
cortex_status is provided by the Novyx MCP server (novyxlabs/novyx-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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