AI agents call check_readiness to retrieve information from ComplyOS 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 readiness control status without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. The 'Read-only' designation confirms it has no side effects. Even if an AI agent misuses it by repeatedly checking readiness, the blast radius is minimal—it only queries existing state.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'check_readiness' and description 'Read-only: check enterprise/school readiness controls without making compliance claims' explicitly indicate retrieval of status information with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Read-only: check enterprise/school readiness controls without making compliance claims. It is categorised as a Read tool in the ComplyOS MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the ComplyOS MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for check_readiness: 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 ComplyOS. Nothing to install.
check_readiness 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 check_readiness 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 check_readiness. 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.
check_readiness is provided by the ComplyOS MCP server (simongonzalezdc/complyos). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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