ruvector_health
Check the health status of the RuVector connection and database.
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What ruvector_health does on Ruflo
AI agents call ruvector_health 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 ruvector_health is rated Low
This tool performs health checks and status monitoring—a passive retrieval operation that queries the state of a service/database without side effects, modification, execution, or data deletion. It aligns with the 'Read' category as a monitoring/diagnostic query tool.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'ruvector_health' and description 'Check the health status of the RuVector connection and database' indicate a read-only query operation that retrieves status information without modifying or executing actions.
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The rule that runs ruvector_health 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 ruvector_health, this is the rule to start with:
ruvector_health is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Ruflo, apply this rule, and every ruvector_health call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about ruvector_health
Check the health status of the RuVector connection and database. 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 ruvector_health: 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.
ruvector_health 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 ruvector_health 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 ruvector_health. 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.
ruvector_health 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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