Check the health of the Hive Prior service. Returns record count, write probe status, and tier pricing details.
AI agents call prior_health to retrieve information from Hive Mcp Prior without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and returns status information about the service (record count, write probe status, pricing details). It is a read-only health check with no side effects, modifications, or destructive actions. Minimal blast radius if misused.
From the tool's definition Check the health of the Hive Prior service. Returns record count, write probe status, and tier pricing details.
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Check the health of the Hive Prior service. Returns record count, write probe status, and tier pricing details. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Hive Mcp Prior MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Hive Mcp Prior MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for prior_health: 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 Hive Mcp Prior. Nothing to install.
prior_health 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 prior_health 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 prior_health. 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.
prior_health is provided by the Hive Mcp Prior MCP server (srotzin/hive-mcp-prior). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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