AI agents call ops_list_incidents to retrieve information from Ops without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries incident and maintenance data from Statuspage without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It has no side effects and poses minimal risk if misused by an AI agent, as it only surfaces existing operational status information.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'ops_list_incidents' and description states it 'List[s] Statuspage incidents and scheduled maintenance' — the verb 'List' and lack of any modification language indicate data retrieval only.
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List Statuspage incidents and scheduled maintenance. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Ops MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Ops MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for ops_list_incidents: 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 Ops. Nothing to install.
ops_list_incidents 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 ops_list_incidents 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 ops_list_incidents. 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.
ops_list_incidents is provided by the Ops MCP server (sydney-robotics-academy/ops-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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