Tool permission
A policy determining which actions an agent may invoke in a context.
What Tool permission does not show
Exposure in a schema is not the same as authorization to execute.
Related terms in Agents and protocols
How autonomous agents plan, remember, call tools and talk to each other, including MCP and A2A, and where each step can go wrong.
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Questions about Tool permission
What is Tool permission?
A policy determining which actions an agent may invoke in a context.
What does Tool permission not show or guarantee?
Exposure in a schema is not the same as authorization to execute.
Which area of the glossary does Tool permission belong to?
Agents and protocols: How autonomous agents plan, remember, call tools and talk to each other, including MCP and A2A, and where each step can go wrong.
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