Gets real-time progress of a specific operation (bytes downloaded, percentage, ETA).
AI agents call get_operation_progress to retrieve information from Virtualbox MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only queries and returns monitoring data about an ongoing operation. It performs no creation, modification, deletion, code execution, or financial transactions. The retrieval of progress metrics is a read-only operation with minimal blast radius if invoked by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_operation_progress' and description states it 'Gets real-time progress of a specific operation' - this is a retrieval/query operation that returns status information (bytes downloaded, percentage, ETA) with no side effects.
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Gets real-time progress of a specific operation (bytes downloaded, percentage, ETA). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Virtualbox MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Virtualbox MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_operation_progress: 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 Virtualbox MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_operation_progress 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 get_operation_progress 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 get_operation_progress. 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.
get_operation_progress is provided by the Virtualbox MCP Server MCP server (usemanusai/virtualbox-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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