Medium Risk

increase_salary

Increase your salary by a specified percentage or amount

How to control increase_salary ↓

AI agents use increase_salary to create or update resources in Hilanet MCP — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Hilanet MCP environment.

Medium Risk

This tool creates or modifies financial records (salary data) in a reversible manner. While it involves salary (a financial metric), the action itself is a data modification rather than an irreversible deletion or an actual money transfer. The satirical context does not change the underlying action: it modifies employee compensation records.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'increase_salary' and description 'Increase your salary by a specified percentage or amount' directly indicate modification of compensation data.

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access increase_salary gives an agent:

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Hilanet MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for increase_salary:

policy.json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "increase_salary": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "increase_salary_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

increase_salary stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

  1. Create a free account and register Hilanet MCP — nothing to install.
  2. Add this policy — paste it, or build it visually.
  3. Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.
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What does the increase_salary tool do? +

Increase your salary by a specified percentage or amount. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Hilanet MCP MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.

How do I enforce a policy on increase_salary? +

Register the Hilanet MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for increase_salary: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Hilanet MCP. Nothing to install.

What risk level is increase_salary? +

increase_salary is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.

Can I rate-limit increase_salary? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the increase_salary rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.

How do I block increase_salary completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for increase_salary. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.

What MCP server provides increase_salary? +

increase_salary is provided by the Hilanet MCP server (adird/hilanet-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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