Get statistics about the current reasoning engine state and history.
AI agents call get_reasoning_stats to retrieve information from EPH-MCP: Emergent Pattern Hunter without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves statistics and state information from the reasoning engine without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a read-only query operation with no side effects on the system or data beyond returning existing information. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_reasoning_stats' and description 'Get statistics about the current reasoning engine state and history' indicate pure data retrieval with no modification, deletion, or execution of external operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get statistics about the current reasoning engine state and history. It is categorised as a Read tool in the EPH-MCP: Emergent Pattern Hunter MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the EPH-MCP: Emergent Pattern Hunter MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_reasoning_stats: 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 EPH-MCP: Emergent Pattern Hunter. Nothing to install.
get_reasoning_stats 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_reasoning_stats 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_reasoning_stats. 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_reasoning_stats is provided by the EPH-MCP: Emergent Pattern Hunter MCP server (psikosen/eph_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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