Assess whether a proposed task aligns with organizational goals.
AI agents call assess_task_value to retrieve information from Quarterback without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and analyzes task information to determine goal alignment—a read-only evaluation with no side effects. It gathers data about tasks and organizational goals but does not create, modify, delete, or execute operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal; an incorrect assessment might lead to poor prioritization decisions but cannot directly damage data or systems.
From the tool's definition assess_task_value" performs an assessment/evaluation ("Assess whether a proposed task aligns with organizational goals") with no description of modifying, deleting, or executing external operations
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Assess whether a proposed task aligns with organizational goals. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Quarterback MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Quarterback MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for assess_task_value: 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 Quarterback. Nothing to install.
assess_task_value 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 assess_task_value 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 assess_task_value. 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.
assess_task_value is provided by the Quarterback MCP server (bobbyrgoldsmith/quarterback). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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