core/tools: add READ_ONLY tool attribute

New ToolTag.READ_ONLY marks tools that never mutate host state, plus
ToolRegistry.clone(read_only_only=True) to select just those (for safe
side turns / planning). Builtin read-only set: read_file, get_truncated,
glob_paths, grep_files, listdir, tree, todo_list, wait, ask_user_*,
vcs_* and fetch.

fetch is tagged READ_ONLY but can mutate via method; a new
read_only_context ContextVar makes it accept GET only while set.

tests/test_tools/test_catalog.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import inspect
 
-from plyngent.agent import ToolTag, tool
+from plyngent.agent import ToolRegistry, ToolTag, tool
 from plyngent.tools import default_tool_definitions, register_builtin_tools
 from plyngent.tools.catalog import ToolCatalog, ToolSource, catalog_scope, get_catalog, registration_source
 from plyngent.tools.chat import CHAT_TOOLS
@@ -42,6 +42,45 @@ def test_public_surface_is_subset() -> None:
     assert "read_file" not in public
 
 
+def test_read_only_classification() -> None:
+    """READ_ONLY marks exactly the non-mutating builtins."""
+    register_builtin_tools()
+    read_only = {t.name for t in default_tool_definitions(surface="local") if t.tags & ToolTag.READ_ONLY}
+    assert read_only == {
+        "read_file",
+        "get_truncated",
+        "glob_paths",
+        "grep_files",
+        "listdir",
+        "tree",
+        "todo_list",
+        "wait",
+        "ask_user_line",
+        "ask_user_choice",
+        "ask_user_form",
+        "vcs_kind",
+        "vcs_status",
+        "vcs_diff",
+        "vcs_log",
+        "vcs_branch",
+        "fetch",
+    }
+
+
+def test_registry_clone_read_only_only() -> None:
+    """clone(read_only_only=True) keeps only READ_ONLY tools, nothing else."""
+    register_builtin_tools()
+    full = ToolRegistry(default_tool_definitions(surface="local"))
+    ro = full.clone(read_only_only=True)
+    assert 0 < len(ro) < len(full)
+    assert {t.name for t in ro.definitions()} == {t.name for t in full.definitions() if t.tags & ToolTag.READ_ONLY}
+    assert all(t.tags & ToolTag.READ_ONLY for t in ro.definitions())
+    assert "run_argv" not in ro
+    assert "edit_replace" not in ro
+    # Plain clone keeps every tool.
+    assert len(full.clone()) == len(full)
+
+
 def test_catalog_scope_empty_isolates_registration() -> None:
     with catalog_scope(empty=True) as catalog:
 

tests/test_tools/test_fetch.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, override
 
 import pytest
 
+from plyngent.tools.context import read_only_context
 from plyngent.tools.danger import classify_danger
 from plyngent.tools.net import fetch, grant_private_host
 from plyngent.tools.net.policy import (
@@ -199,6 +200,23 @@ async def test_fetch_get_post_put_delete(workspace: Path, http_server: str) -> N
     assert "status=204" in out_del
 
 
+async def test_fetch_read_only_context_blocks_non_get(workspace: Path, http_server: str) -> None:
+    """In a read-only context fetch only allows GET; outside it POST works."""
+    del workspace
+    port = int(http_server.rsplit(":", 1)[1])
+    grant_private_host("127.0.0.1", port)
+
+    with read_only_context():
+        out = await call_async(fetch, f"{http_server}/hello")
+        assert "status=200" in out  # GET is fine in a read-only context
+        blocked = await call_async(fetch, f"{http_server}/echo", method="POST", body="hi")
+        assert blocked.startswith("error:")
+        assert "GET" in blocked
+
+    out_post = await call_async(fetch, f"{http_server}/echo", method="POST", body="hi")
+    assert "POST:hi" in out_post
+
+
 async def test_fetch_user_agent_passthrough(workspace: Path, http_server: str) -> None:
     del workspace
     port = int(http_server.rsplit(":", 1)[1])