grounded_query

What grounded_query does on Ruflo

AI agents call grounded_query 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.

Why grounded_query is rated Low

This tool retrieves search results from Google Search through Gemini's grounding capability. It is a read-only operation that queries external data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing code. The primary function is data retrieval, which falls squarely into the Read category. Severity is low as misuse would only retrieve unwanted information rather than cause operational damage or data loss.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'grounded_query' with description stating it 'Query[s] Google Search via Gemini 2.5 Flash grounding' - performs information retrieval with no side effects on data or systems.

The rule that runs grounded_query 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 grounded_query, this is the rule to start with:

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

Questions about grounded_query