shell_get_process_output

What shell_get_process_output does on LocalAnt

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

Why shell_get_process_output is rated Low

This tool retrieves data (process output) that has already been captured. It performs a query/fetch operation with no side effects on the system state. The blast radius is minimal—misuse could leak sensitive information from process logs, warranting 'low' severity rather than negligible, but the operation itself is non-destructive and read-only.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'shell_get_process_output' and description 'Get captured output of a tracked process' indicate a read operation that retrieves previously captured output from an already-running process. No execution, modification, or deletion occurs.

The rule that runs shell_get_process_output safely

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

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

Questions about shell_get_process_output