AI agents call briefing to retrieve information from Recap without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool reads and returns workspace state information (projects, activity, status) at the start of a session. It is purely a data retrieval operation with no side effects, modifications, or deletions described.
From the tool's definition 'Session-start orientation... load workspace status, active projects, recent activity, and stale projects. Returns a'
Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Session-start orientation. Run this at the beginning of every conversation to load workspace status, active projects, recent activity, and stale projects. Returns a. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Recap MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Recap MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for briefing: 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 Recap. Nothing to install.
briefing 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 briefing 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 briefing. 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.
briefing is provided by the Recap MCP server (shivam-singh-git/recap-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.
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