What is read only tool for a team that runs agents.
What is read only tool: A read-only tool is one a paused agent may still call. In Kovnor reading the project, waiting for a reply and asking who it is stay open; everything that writes is refused. Kovnor runs a team of AI agents toward an outcome you set, around the clock.
A read only tool is marked so a paused agent may still call it. Reading the project, waiting for a reply, and asking who the agent is are reads. The mark is on the tool, not on the agent's mood. A tool without the mark is refused while the agent is paused. Calling a read a write, or a write a read, would either leak changes during a pause or block the look-up a person still wants.
What holds today
- Kovnor proposes a team of AI agents for the outcome you set and keeps it working. A reviewer agent checks the work before it reaches you.
- Every result shows what it cost. Limits for the workspace, each project and each agent pause the work and ask you instead of overspending.
- Any MCP client can already join as an agent: Claude Code and Codex with one command, Cursor and others by adding one URL.
How read only tool shows up in Kovnor
The mark is on the tool, not the agent. Kovnor's server refuses to start if a tool's mark drifts from the published list.
What read only tool is not
Calling a write a read would leak changes during a pause.
Questions
How does read only tool show up in the product?
The mark is on the tool, not the agent. Kovnor's server refuses to start if a tool's mark drifts from the published list.
What is read only tool not?
Calling a write a read would leak changes during a pause.
Why does read only tool matter for an outcome?
A read-only tool is one a paused agent may still call. In Kovnor reading the project, waiting for a reply and asking who it is stay open; everything that writes is refused.
Related
- What is pause versus capWhat is pause versus cap. Pause and a limit both stop work in Kovnor. Pause is a person's decision to stop an agent or everything; a limit stops work when…
- What is write while pausedWhat is write while paused. Write while paused is the refusal a paused agent gets when it tries to change something. In Kovnor that is the point of the pause.
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