Get server health status.
AI agents call health_status to retrieve information from Kepler MCP GitLab Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries the health status of the server, which is a read-only operation that retrieves state information without altering any data, executing arbitrary code, or triggering side effects. It falls clearly into the Read category with low severity since misuse poses minimal risk to the GitLab instance or data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'health_status' and description 'Get server health status' indicate retrieval of diagnostic information with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get server health status. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Kepler MCP GitLab Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Kepler MCP GitLab Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for health_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 Kepler MCP GitLab Server. Nothing to install.
health_status 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 health_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.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for health_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.
health_status is provided by the Kepler MCP GitLab Server MCP server (ryan-rbw/kepler-mcp-gitlab-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Every MCP server has a record like this.
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