discovery_status

What discovery_status does on Metis Public Health

AI agents call discovery_status to retrieve information from Metis Public Health without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why discovery_status is rated Low

Based on the name alone, 'discovery_status' appears to be a status-checking or informational tool that retrieves current state without modifying data. The empty description reduces confidence, but the naming convention aligns with Read operations typical in research/indexing systems like Metis. Without evidence of side effects, destructive actions, or code execution, Read is the most conservative classification.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'discovery_status' suggests querying or retrieving status information. The description is empty, providing no direct evidence of the tool's function.

The rule that runs discovery_status safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Metis Public Health, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For discovery_status, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "discovery_status": {}
  }
}

Questions about discovery_status