30 tools from the Rhombus Node MCP Server, categorised by risk level.
View the Rhombus Node policy →access-control-tool
This tool manages Rhombus access control operations including door unlocking, access groups, credentials, lockdown plans, door schedules, and acce... alarm-monitoring-tool
This tool retrieves alarm monitoring status and threat case information across Rhombus locations.
It has the following modes of operation, determ... analytics-tool
This tool generates composite operational analytics reports by combining multiple data sources.
Use it for high-level business questions about spa... camera-uptime-tool
This tool analyzes camera uptime and reliability over a time period. It computes uptime percentages, outage counts, and longest outage durations.
... count-tool
This tool counts the number of items by accepting an array of UUIDs. It can count anything that has UUIDs - users, devices,
records, ... entity-lookup-tool
Retrieves specific entities (or devices) by their UUIDs.
Takes a list of device UUIDs and returns the device information for those specific device... faces-tool
This tool interacts with the Rhombus face recognition system to retrieve information about face sightings and registered faces.
If the user is as... get-entity-tool
Retrieves entities (or devices) of certain types.
Can request multiple entity types at once.
The return structure is a JSON string that contains t... get-org-information Get general information about the organization including org name, camera configuration defaults, contact information, and org settings. guest-management-tool
This tool manages Rhombus guest/visitor operations. It can list all guests, retrieve activity logs, and filter activities by location.
It has the... reboot-cameras this tool is for rebooting one or more cameras causing them to reconnect to the server, this is a helpful option when a camera is experiencing conn... report-tool
**Scope:** This tool returns **aggregated counts and time-series summaries** over specified intervals and scopes. Use **events-tool** when you nee... 2/5 search-tool
This tool performs visual and data searches across Rhombus camera footage and events.
It has the following modes of operation, determined by the ... 2/5 time-conversion-tool This tool is capable of converting to and from epoch and ISO 8601 timestamps. Use this tool when you have one time format and need to convert to th... time-tool This tool is capable of returning the time from a natural language query. If the user asks about the 'current time' use this tool. Try to kee tim... user-access-trail-tool
This tool traces a specific user's physical access events across all doors and access points. It answers questions like "Where did this person bad... user-audit-tool
This tool retrieves configuration audit trails for specific users or specific targets (devices, policies, etc.).
Unlike the general audit feed, th... user-tool
This tool manages Rhombus user operations including listing users, finding users by email, and viewing permissions.
It has the following modes of... video-walls-tool
This tool interacts with Rhombus video walls. Rhombus video walls are a collection of camera feeds combined into a single view,
allowing users to ... camera-tool
This tool can perform some action pertaining to the video stream of a camera. There are four types of requests
that can be passed into "requestTyp... 2/5 create-camera-policy-tool
A tool for creating a camera policy that walks users through a multi-step process.
The step begins with the user providing a policy name, descrip... 2/5 door-schedule-exception-tool
This tool manages Rhombus door schedule exceptions.
A door lock/unlock exception is a one-time rule used to change an access controlled door's lo... 2/5 door-tool
This tool manages Rhombus door controller rules and door policies.
It has the following modes of operation, determined by the "requestType" param... 2/5 location-tool This tool performs operations on locations.
- 'get': Retrieves all locations. When generating reports with location details, use location names no... 2/5 update-tool
This tool allows updating configuration settings for various Rhombus entities. Currently supports:
- **Cameras**: Update video settings (resolutio... 2/5 clips-tool
Retrieves saved video clips from the Rhombus system. Saved clips can be viewed for up to 2 years and are typically found in the "Clips" tab of the... 3/5 events-tool
**Scope:** This tool returns **raw, event-level data** (individual events with timestamps). Use **report-tool** when you need aggregated counts, t... 5/5 lpr-tool
This tool interacts with the Rhombus LPR system to retrieve information about license plate recognition events and registered license plates.
**V... 3/5 policy-alerts-tool
Retrieves Rhombus policy alerts. Policy alerts in the Rhombus system are generated based on user-defined alert
policies configured in the Rhombus ... 3/5 The Rhombus Node MCP server exposes 30 tools across 4 categories: Read, Write, Destructive, Execute.
Use Intercept, the open-source MCP proxy. Write YAML rules for each tool — rate limits, argument validation, or deny rules — then run Intercept in front of the Rhombus Node server.
Rhombus Node tools are categorised as Read (19), Write (6), Destructive (1), Execute (4). Each category has a recommended default policy.
Open source. One binary. Zero dependencies.
npx -y @policylayer/intercept