AI agents call agent.status 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.status' strongly suggests a read operation that retrieves the current status of an agent. Similar tools in agent/platform contexts are typically read-only queries. However, the empty description lowers confidence. Given the sibling tools context (register, profile, cashout), this is most likely a status lookup with no side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'agent.status' implies a status retrieval/query operation; description is empty and uninformative.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
agent.status. 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.status: 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.status 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.status 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.status. 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.status 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.
Every MCP server has a record like this.
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