Live status of all Claude instances
AI agents call status to retrieve information from Claude Senator without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves real-time status data about Claude instances. It is purely informational with no side effects, no code execution, and no data modification capabilities. The information retrieved (live status) is observational only. While the server enables inter-Claude communication which could theoretically be misused, this specific 'status' tool itself only reads state.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'status' with description 'Live status of all Claude instances' indicates a query operation that retrieves current state information without modifying, executing, or deleting anything.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Live status of all Claude instances. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Claude Senator MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Claude Senator MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for 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 Claude Senator. Nothing to install.
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 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 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.
status is provided by the Claude Senator MCP server (vvkmnn/claude-senator-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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