reporting_get_data

What reporting_get_data does on Truenas

AI agents call reporting_get_data to retrieve information from Truenas without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why reporting_get_data is rated Low

This tool retrieves historical system performance metrics and monitoring data. It is a read-only query operation that does not modify, execute, delete, or commit any financial transactions. The data retrieved is informational and used for analysis/monitoring purposes only. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an attacker could gather system performance information but cannot affect system state or operations.

From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get time-series reporting data' which is a retrieval operation for metrics (CPU, memory, disk, network usage). The verb 'Get' and the context of querying existing graph data indicates no modifications, deletions, or side effects.

The rule that runs reporting_get_data safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Truenas, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For reporting_get_data, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "reporting_get_data": {}
  }
}

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