Thin, warm boot — the foyer. Answers
AI agents call arrive to retrieve information from Sovereign Stack without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Even though arrive only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs — an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Thin, warm boot — the foyer. Answers. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sovereign Stack MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sovereign Stack MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for arrive: 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 Sovereign Stack. Nothing to install.
arrive 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 arrive 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 arrive. 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.
arrive is provided by the Sovereign Stack MCP server (templetwo/sovereign-stack). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.