agenticow — walk the COW chain of an .rvf memory file: an ordered list of nodes (role working|checkpoint|base, id, label, parent, createdAt, mutations, tombstones). Use when you need branch history — to find checkpoint ids for a targeted rollback, or to debug a promote. Guessing the chain from fi...
AI agents call agenticow_lineage to retrieve information from Ruflo without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a query/retrieval operation on memory file metadata to inspect version history and branching structure. It has no side effects—it only reads and returns data about the lineage chain. The highest-impact misuse would be an agent obtaining incorrect rollback targets, but the tool itself does not execute rollbacks or modify state. This is a classic Read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'walk[s] the COW chain' to retrieve 'an ordered list of nodes' for inspection purposes. The use cases are diagnostic ('debug a promote') and informational ('find checkpoint ids').
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
agenticow — walk the COW chain of an .rvf memory file: an ordered list of nodes (role working|checkpoint|base, id, label, parent, createdAt, mutations, tombstones). Use when you need branch history — to find checkpoint ids for a targeted rollback, or to debug a promote. Guessing the chain from filenames is wrong — lineage is the authoritative structure the store maintains. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Ruflo MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Ruflo MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for agenticow_lineage: 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 Ruflo. Nothing to install.
agenticow_lineage 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 agenticow_lineage 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 agenticow_lineage. 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.
agenticow_lineage is provided by the Ruflo MCP server (ruvnet/ruflo). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
agenticow_lineage is one line of Ruflo's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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