AI agents call coding_agent_status to retrieve information from LocalAnt without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves information about a coding agent's status without modifying, executing, or deleting anything. The DEPRECATED marker suggests it may be obsolete but does not change its functional classification. No blast radius from status queries.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'coding_agent_status' and description 'Get status for one coding agent' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no side effects. The verb 'Get' and context of checking status are hallmarks of Read operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
${DEPRECATED} Get status for one coding agent. It is categorised as a Read tool in the LocalAnt MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the LocalAnt MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for coding_agent_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 LocalAnt. Nothing to install.
coding_agent_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 coding_agent_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 coding_agent_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.
coding_agent_status is provided by the LocalAnt MCP server (yuga-hashimoto/localant). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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