Get capacity and workload details for a specific AAP controller node.
AI agents call aap_get_instance_capacity to retrieve information from AAP MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves monitoring/capacity information about an Ansible Automation Platform controller node. It performs a read-only operation that gathers data about system state without side effects, making it appropriate for the Read category. The low severity reflects minimal risk even if called by an AI agent, as it only exposes existing system capacity metrics.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'aap_get_instance_capacity' and description 'Get capacity and workload details for a specific AAP controller node' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or execution of external operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get capacity and workload details for a specific AAP controller node. It is categorised as a Read tool in the AAP MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the AAP MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for aap_get_instance_capacity: 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 AAP MCP Server. Nothing to install.
aap_get_instance_capacity 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 aap_get_instance_capacity 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 aap_get_instance_capacity. 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.
aap_get_instance_capacity is provided by the AAP MCP Server MCP server (srinivassrinu842/aap-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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