Query Ara API endpoints with automatic pagination defaults (limit=3, order=-started)
AI agents call ara_query to retrieve information from Ara Records MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The ara_query tool is designed for data retrieval and monitoring of Ansible playbook executions. It queries API endpoints to fetch execution data, task progress, and monitoring information. There is no indication the tool modifies, deletes, or executes operations—it only retrieves and analyzes existing Ansible execution records. This aligns with the Read category (search, list, get, fetch operations).
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Query Ara API endpoints' with pagination defaults. Sibling tools include destructive operations (delete_playbook, delete_playbooks_bulk) and read operations (get_playbook_status, watch_playbook), but ara_query itself is explicitly a…
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Query Ara API endpoints with automatic pagination defaults (limit=3, order=-started). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Ara Records MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Ara Records MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for ara_query: 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 Ara Records MCP Server. Nothing to install.
ara_query 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 ara_query 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 ara_query. 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.
ara_query is provided by the Ara Records MCP Server MCP server (syndr/ara-records-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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