get_lowest_performing_courses
AI agents call get_lowest_performing_courses to retrieve information from CMR Client Health without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool retrieves performance analytics or metrics about courses—a read-only query operation. No data is modified, deleted, or executed. The empty description lowers confidence slightly, but the naming pattern ('get_') and sibling tools ('get_client_health', 'get_launcher_clients') consistently indicate information retrieval. The blast radius of misuse is limited to data exposure.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_lowest_performing_courses' indicates a retrieval operation. Server description states tools are for 'instant, natural-language health reads on client accounts' and mentions 'low-performing courses', confirming this fetches data without side…
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get_lowest_performing_courses. It is categorised as a Read tool in the CMR Client Health MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the CMR Client Health MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_lowest_performing_courses: 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 CMR Client Health. Nothing to install.
get_lowest_performing_courses 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_lowest_performing_courses 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_lowest_performing_courses. 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_lowest_performing_courses is provided by the CMR Client Health MCP server (rahulmodugula/cmr-client-health-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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