Fetch current hosted Sanka MCP capability guidance before refusing an ambiguous or newly added Sanka capability. Use this when local Skill text or visible tools may be stale.
AI agents call get_capability_guidance to retrieve information from Sanka MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or queries capability guidance data from the Sanka MCP server. It has no side effects, creates no data, executes no commands, and performs no destructive operations. The verb 'fetch' and the purpose of obtaining reference information before refusing ambiguous requests clearly indicate a Read operation.
From the tool's definition Fetch current hosted Sanka MCP capability guidance — describes retrieval of guidance information without modification or execution of external operations.
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Fetch current hosted Sanka MCP capability guidance before refusing an ambiguous or newly added Sanka capability. Use this when local Skill text or visible tools may be stale. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sanka MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sanka MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_capability_guidance: 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 Sanka MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_capability_guidance 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_capability_guidance 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_capability_guidance. 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_capability_guidance is provided by the Sanka MCP Server MCP server (sankahq/sanka-mcp). 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.
Type a name, get the same breakdown: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, capabilities, recommended policy.
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