hippo_episode_recent_failures

What hippo_episode_recent_failures does on Verimem

AI agents call hippo_episode_recent_failures to retrieve information from Verimem without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why hippo_episode_recent_failures is rated Low

This tool queries or retrieves information about past failed episodes from the memory engine. It is read-only—it accesses existing data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. The description is sparse (reference to 'FORGIA #276' lacks context), which slightly lowers confidence, but the semantic meaning is clear: it fetches failure records for auditing or analysis purposes.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'hippo_episode_recent_failures' and description 'recent failed episodes only' indicate retrieval/query of historical failure data with no modification or side effects.

The rule that runs hippo_episode_recent_failures safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Verimem, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For hippo_episode_recent_failures, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "hippo_episode_recent_failures": {}
  }
}

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