High-risk tools in Gossipcat
2 of the 24 tools in Gossipcat are classified as high risk. This page profiles those tools specifically, with recommended policy actions and the attack patterns that target them.
Every operation listed below is an action PolicyLayer recommends controlling at the transport layer. Open any tool to see the full profile, risk score, and YAML policy snippet.
Tools at high risk
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gossip_reloadExecuteTerminate the MCP server process so Claude Code respawns it with a fresh bundle. Use after 'npm run build:mcp' to hot-reload without quitting Claude Code. Returns a notice, then...
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gossip_runExecuteRun a task on a single agent and return the result. For relay agents (Gemini), this is a single call — dispatches, waits, returns. For native agents (Sonnet/Haiku), returns disp...
Attacks that target this class
High-risk tools in any server share these documented attack patterns. Each links to the full case and the defensive policy.