Get error counters for CX switch ports.
AI agents call get_switch_port_errors 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 queries and retrieves error counter metrics from network switch ports. It performs a read-only operation that gathers diagnostic/monitoring information. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. The retrieval of performance metrics poses minimal security risk as it only exposes visibility into existing switch statistics.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_switch_port_errors' and description 'Get error counters for CX switch ports' indicate retrieval of monitoring data without modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get error counters for CX switch ports. 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_port_errors: 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_port_errors 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_port_errors 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_port_errors. 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_port_errors 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.
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