Check SwarmTrade API health and escrow adapter status
AI agents call swarmtrade_health to retrieve information from Swarmtrade without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Health checks are read-only queries of system status. They retrieve information about API availability and adapter status but produce no side effects, data modifications, or external operations. This is a diagnostic tool with minimal risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'swarmtrade_health' and description 'Check SwarmTrade API health and escrow adapter status' indicate a status/health check operation that retrieves system state without modifying data.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Check SwarmTrade API health and escrow adapter status. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Swarmtrade MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Swarmtrade MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for swarmtrade_health: 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 Swarmtrade. Nothing to install.
swarmtrade_health 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 swarmtrade_health 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 swarmtrade_health. 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.
swarmtrade_health is provided by the Swarmtrade MCP server (tjcrowley/swarmtrade). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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