Fetch monthly engineering effort (FTE) by author from Swarmia.
AI agents call get_fte to retrieve information from Mcp Swarmia without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves engineering effort metrics (FTE data) from Swarmia without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a pure data query operation with no side effects, placing it squarely in the Read category with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_fte' and description 'Fetch monthly engineering effort (FTE) by author from Swarmia' indicate data retrieval with no modification. The verb 'fetch' and context of querying metrics confirm read-only semantics.
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Fetch monthly engineering effort (FTE) by author from Swarmia. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Swarmia MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Swarmia MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_fte: 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 Mcp Swarmia. Nothing to install.
get_fte 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_fte 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_fte. 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_fte is provided by the Mcp Swarmia MCP server (smattila/mcp-swarmia). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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