hippo_stats

What hippo_stats does on Verimem

AI agents call hippo_stats 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_stats is rated Low

This tool queries and retrieves aggregate metrics (episode counts) from the memory system. It has no capability to modify, delete, execute external operations, or incur financial obligations. The read-only nature of statistics gathering places it firmly in the Read category with low severity, as misuse would only expose metrics data rather than cause harmful side effects.

From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Aggregate metrics snapshot: episode counts' — retrieves metrics data without modification or side effects. The name 'hippo_stats' and context of a memory engine confirm this is a statistical query operation.

The rule that runs hippo_stats 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_stats, this is the rule to start with:

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

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