Get Docker Compose service status.
AI agents call docker_compose_status to retrieve information from MCP Docker Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries the status of Docker Compose services, which is a read-only operation. It retrieves state information about running services without side effects, modification, or code execution. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius—an AI agent cannot cause harm by checking service status.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'docker_compose_status' and description 'Get Docker Compose service status' indicate a query operation that retrieves status information without modifying or executing anything.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get Docker Compose service status. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Docker Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Docker Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for docker_compose_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 MCP Docker Server. Nothing to install.
docker_compose_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 docker_compose_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 docker_compose_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.
docker_compose_status is provided by the MCP Docker Server MCP server (tenda-chi/mcp-docker). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
docker_compose_status is one line of MCP Docker Server's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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