Check Python, package, OS, and Vivado launcher availability without launching Vivado.
AI agents call vivado_check_env to retrieve information from Vivado Mcp Agent without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs environment diagnostics and availability checks. It retrieves information about the system configuration (Python, packages, OS, Vivado launcher) without executing code, modifying files, deleting data, or triggering external operations. It is purely informational with no side effects, making it a Read category tool with low severity risk.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Check[s] Python, package, OS, and Vivado launcher availability' — a query operation that retrieves environment status information without launching Vivado or modifying any state.
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Check Python, package, OS, and Vivado launcher availability without launching Vivado. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Vivado Mcp Agent MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Vivado Mcp Agent MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for vivado_check_env: 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 Vivado Mcp Agent. Nothing to install.
vivado_check_env 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 vivado_check_env 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 vivado_check_env. 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.
vivado_check_env is provided by the Vivado Mcp Agent MCP server (wangyuxin0707/vivado-mcp-agent). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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