AI agents call civitae_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.
This tool retrieves and displays information (system status and dashboard data) without side effects. It is a read-only diagnostic tool that returns current state information to the user. The governance context and constitutional protocol do not change the nature of the operation itself, which is purely informational. No financial transactions, code execution, data modification, or irreversible actions are implied.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'civitae_status' and description states it provides 'System status and agent dashboard' — both query/retrieval operations with no modification, execution, or deletion capabilities.
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System status and agent dashboard. 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 civitae_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.
civitae_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 civitae_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 civitae_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.
civitae_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.
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