AI agents call agent.profile to retrieve information from Signomy without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The name 'agent.profile' strongly implies a read/fetch operation to retrieve an agent's profile data. No description is provided to confirm or contradict this. Sibling tools like 'agent.status' and 'agent.register' suggest a pattern where 'agent.profile' is a read operation. Confidence is lowered due to the empty description.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'agent.profile' suggests retrieving profile information for an agent. Description is empty and uninformative.
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agent.profile. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Signomy MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Signomy MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for agent.profile: 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 Signomy. Nothing to install.
agent.profile 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 agent.profile 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 agent.profile. 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.
agent.profile is provided by the Signomy MCP server (sunrisesillneversee/agent-universe). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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