federation_status

Get federation health status including active sessions, peers, and trust levels

SERVERRuflo SOURCEruvnet/ruflo

Low RISK CLASS

Category Read

Parameters 00 required

Recommended Allowedsee the rule below

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WHAT IT DOES

What federation_status does on Ruflo

AI agents call federation_status to retrieve information from Ruflo without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

RISK

Why federation_status is rated Low

This tool retrieves monitoring/status data about federation health (active sessions, peers, trust levels). It has no side effects, does not execute code or commands, does not modify data, and does not perform financial operations. The action verb 'Get' and the informational nature of the data (health status, metrics) confirm it is a Read operation.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'federation_status' and description 'Get federation health status including active sessions, peers, and trust levels' indicates a read-only query operation that retrieves status information without modifying or executing anything.

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RECOMMENDED RULE

The rule that runs federation_status safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Ruflo, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For federation_status, this is the rule to start with:

federation_status Allowed

federation_status is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

View as policy code

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "federation_status": {}
  }
}

ALLOW ONLY THIS TOOL → Instant setup, no code required.

The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Ruflo, apply this rule, and every federation_status call is checked against it from then on.

FAQ

Questions about federation_status

What does the federation_status tool do? +

Get federation health status including active sessions, peers, and trust levels. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Ruflo MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on federation_status? +

Register the Ruflo MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for federation_status: 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.

What risk level is federation_status? +

federation_status is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit federation_status? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the federation_status 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.

How do I block federation_status completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for federation_status. 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.

What MCP server provides federation_status? +

federation_status 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.

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