Returns the health status and basic info of the A10 device.
AI agents call get_system_health to retrieve information from A10 Guardian without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and returns status information about the A10 DDoS mitigation device. It performs no modifications, deletions, code execution, or financial transactions. The operation is purely informational, making it a Read category tool with low severity since misuse would only expose device health metrics without enabling further malicious actions.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_system_health' and description 'Returns the health status and basic info of the A10 device' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Returns the health status and basic info of the A10 device. It is categorised as a Read tool in the A10 Guardian MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the A10 Guardian MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_system_health: 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 A10 Guardian. Nothing to install.
get_system_health 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 get_system_health 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 get_system_health. 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.
get_system_health is provided by the A10 Guardian MCP server (opastorello/a10-guardian). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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