Fetch full monitoring details for a switch (status, uptime, CPU, memory, VLANs).
AI agents call get_switch_details to retrieve information from API-Central without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries switch monitoring data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It is purely informational and has no blast radius beyond potential information disclosure of network device metrics.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_switch_details' and description 'Fetch full monitoring details for a switch (status, uptime, CPU, memory, VLANs)' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
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Fetch full monitoring details for a switch (status, uptime, CPU, memory, VLANs). It is categorised as a Read tool in the API-Central MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the API-Central MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_switch_details: 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 API-Central. Nothing to install.
get_switch_details 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_switch_details 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_switch_details. 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_switch_details is provided by the API-Central MCP server (secure-ssid/centralmcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
get_switch_details is one line of API-Central's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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