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What memory.release does on Agent Custody
AI agents call memory.release as a supporting operation in Agent Custody workflows.
Why memory.release is rated Low
Without any rule in front of it, every call an agent makes to memory.release happens silently: no trail, no cap, no way to know it misbehaved until something breaks downstream.
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The rule that runs memory.release safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Agent Custody, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For memory.release, this is the rule to start with:
memory.release gets a rate cap, and everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Agent Custody, apply this rule, and every memory.release call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about memory.release
Lift a legal hold. It is categorised as a Other tool in the Agent Custody MCP Server, which means it performs auxiliary operations.
Register the Agent Custody MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for memory.release: 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 Agent Custody. Nothing to install.
memory.release is a Other tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the memory.release 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.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for memory.release. 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.
memory.release is provided by the Agent Custody MCP server (ch4r10t33r/agent-custody). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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