Check if Affinity is running and get current state (open documents, windows)
AI agents call affinity_status to retrieve information from Affinity MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only query to determine whether Affinity is running and inspects current state (open documents, windows). It retrieves information but does not modify, execute, delete, or commit any operations. No blast radius from misuse—at worst, an agent learns the current state of the application.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'affinity_status' and description 'Check if Affinity is running and get current state' indicate retrieval of application state information without modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Check if Affinity is running and get current state (open documents, windows). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Affinity MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Affinity MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for affinity_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 Affinity MCP Server. Nothing to install.
affinity_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 affinity_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 affinity_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.
affinity_status is provided by the Affinity MCP Server MCP server (sekharmalla/affinity-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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