assess_urgency
AI agents call assess_urgency to retrieve information from SpeechPulse without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool reads and analyzes audio input to extract urgency signals using prosodic features, then returns analysis results. No data is created, modified, deleted, or external actions are triggered based on the analysis. It is a pure read/query operation with no side effects. The empty description slightly reduces confidence, but the tool name and server context clearly indicate a read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'assess_urgency' and context from sibling tools (analyze_audio, detect_sarcasm, full_analysis) indicate this performs speech analysis without modifying data.
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assess_urgency. It is categorised as a Read tool in the SpeechPulse MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the SpeechPulse MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for assess_urgency: 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 SpeechPulse. Nothing to install.
assess_urgency 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 assess_urgency 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 assess_urgency. 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.
assess_urgency is provided by the SpeechPulse MCP server (sophiemiao/speechpulse). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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