Intercept Now Enforces Budgets on Paid MCP Tools
MPP lets agents spend money autonomously. Intercept is the first MCP proxy that reads the actual price from the server and enforces YAML-defined budgets before any payment leaves the wallet.
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One Tool Call Away From a $10,000 AWS Bill
The AWS MCP server exposes 55 tools for EC2, S3, Lambda, and RDS. Here's how to block destructive operations and rate limit resource creation.
Your AI Agent Can Delete Your DNS Records
The Cloudflare MCP server gives AI agents access to DNS changes, worker deployments, and zone management. Here's how to block deletions and rate limit infrastructure changes.
Your AI Agent Can Delete Every Container on Your Machine
The Docker MCP server gives AI agents access to container removal, image deletion, and volume destruction. Here's how to block destructive operations.
Your Coding Agent Can Delete Any File on Disk
The filesystem MCP server gives AI agents unrestricted read and write access. Here's how to rate limit file operations and prevent destructive mistakes.
Your AI Agent Has Push Access to Every Repo
The GitHub MCP server exposes 83 tools — including file deletion, repo creation, and PR merges. Here's how to enforce policies before your agent ships something it shouldn't.
Your AI Agent Can Send Emails as You
The Gmail MCP server gives AI agents access to send emails, delete messages in bulk, and manage your inbox. Here's how to rate limit sends and block batch operations.
Your AI Agent Can Run DROP TABLE on Production
The PostgreSQL MCP server exposes a raw SQL query tool with no restrictions. Here's how to rate limit queries before your agent drops a table.
One FLUSHALL Away From Losing Everything
The Redis MCP server lets AI agents run SET, DELETE, and FLUSHALL. Here's how to block destructive commands and rate limit writes.
Preventing Your AI Agent From Messaging #general
The Slack MCP server lets AI agents post messages, reply to threads, and add reactions. Here's how to rate limit messaging before your agent spams your workspace.
Secure Your Stripe MCP Server: Rate Limits and Spending Controls
The Stripe MCP server exposes 27 tools to AI agents — refunds, charges, payment links. Add rate limits and spending caps before something goes wrong.
How to Rate Limit MCP Tool Calls (With YAML Policy Examples)
Add per-tool and global rate limits to any MCP server in under 5 minutes. Copy-paste YAML policies for counters, wildcards, and stateful tracking.
How to Add Spending Controls to Any MCP Agent
A step-by-step guide to adding transaction limits, daily spend caps, and currency restrictions to MCP-connected AI agents using YAML policies and the Intercept proxy.