analyze_egressip_performance
AI agents call analyze_egressip_performance to retrieve information from OCP Performance Analyzer MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool name suggests it retrieves and analyzes performance data about egress IP configuration in OVN-Kubernetes. The 'analyze' verb combined with 'performance' context indicates read-only telemetry/metrics collection rather than modification, execution, or deletion. Sibling tools on this server follow a 'get_*' or 'analyze_*' pattern consistent with monitoring/observability operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'analyze_egressip_performance' uses the verb 'analyze' and focuses on 'performance' metrics; naming pattern matches sibling tools like 'get_egressip_status' and 'get_etcd_performance_deep_drive' which are all read operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
analyze_egressip_performance. It is categorised as a Read tool in the OCP Performance Analyzer MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the OCP Performance Analyzer MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for analyze_egressip_performance: 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 OCP Performance Analyzer MCP. Nothing to install.
analyze_egressip_performance 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 analyze_egressip_performance 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 analyze_egressip_performance. 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.
analyze_egressip_performance is provided by the OCP Performance Analyzer MCP server (openshift-eng/ocp-performance-analyzer-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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