Get the status of a batch including task counts.
AI agents call get_batch_status to retrieve information from Hive without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves status information about a batch (task counts, state) without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing code. It is a pure read operation with negligible security risk even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate a query operation: 'Get the status of a batch including task counts' is a retrieval of batch metadata with no modifications or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_batch_status gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Hive, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_batch_status:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_batch_status": {}
}
}get_batch_status is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get the status of a batch including task counts. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Hive MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Hive MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_batch_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 Hive. Nothing to install.
get_batch_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 get_batch_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 get_batch_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.
get_batch_status is provided by the Hive MCP server (saikodi/hive-compute-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Hive, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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