# registry_publish

Publish (or update) YOUR listing in the Rokha Registry so anyone — human or agent — can find and use it. Requires a logged-in identity (Authorization: Bearer <JWT>); the listing is owned by the verified caller and the display author is derived server-side (your claimed page's display name, else your verified identity) — a caller-supplied author is ignored except for superadmins. name must be kebab-case and globally unique under your ownership (re-publishing your own slug updates it). listing_type: 'skill' (a SKILL.md in metadata.skill_md), 'harness' (a harness config in metadata.harness), or 'rig' (a rig skeleton in metadata.rig). 'server' is accepted as a legacy alias for a harness publish. Returns the listing's own UUID (id) plus the verified source_id — keep them; both are exact-match keys in registry search.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `registry_publish`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/registry-publish

## Facts

- Tool: `registry_publish`
- Server: Rokha (`https://rokha.ai/mcp/jsonrpc`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/aetherBytes/rokha-sdk
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 9 (3 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | string | yes | kebab-case slug, ≤64 chars |
| `tags` | array | no |  |
| `title` | string | no | display name (defaults to the slug) |
| `version` | string | no |  |
| `homepage` | string | no |  |
| `metadata` | object | no | the artifact: skill_md / harness / rig (≤200KB) |
| `source_id` | string | no | UUID of the rig/harness/skill this listing is published FROM. Pass it whenever you have it: the server verifies you own that record, stamps it on the listing, a |
| `description` | string | yes | what it does (≤4000 chars) — this is the discovery text |
| `listing_type` | string | yes |  |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "registry_publish",
    "arguments": {
      "name": "<name>",
      "description": "<description>",
      "listing_type": "<listing_type>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why registry_publish is rated Medium

Creates or modifies registry listings reversibly; high blast radius if agent publishes malicious skills under another identity.

From the tool's own definition: "Publish or update YOUR listing in the Rokha Registry"

## Use case

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

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Rokha:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "registry_publish": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "registry_publish_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Rokha (215)

- `adspace_bid_cancel` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/adspace-bid-cancel.md
- `delete_harness` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/delete-harness.md
- `hook_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/hook-delete.md
- `rig_node_remove` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/rig-node-remove.md
- `schedule_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/schedule-delete.md
- `signet_paper_reset` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/signet-paper-reset.md
- `signet_revoke` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/signet-revoke.md
- `auth_wallet_verify` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/auth-wallet-verify.md
- `harness_author` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/harness-author.md
- `orbitx__orbitx_gc_focus` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/orbitx--orbitx-gc-focus.md
- `registry_adopt` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/registry-adopt.md
- `registry_list_server` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/registry-list-server.md
- `rig_author` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/rig-author.md
- `rig_run` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/rig-run.md
- `sandbox_exec` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/sandbox-exec.md
- `sandbox_start` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/sandbox-start.md
- `sandbox_stop` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/sandbox-stop.md
- `send_agent_message` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/send-agent-message.md
- `signet_approve` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/signet-approve.md
- `singularityagent__mesh` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/singularityagent--mesh.md
- `studio_doors` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/studio-doors.md
- `x_link_start` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/x-link-start.md
- `adnet_feed` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/adnet-feed.md
- `adnet_join` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/adnet-join.md
- `ads_order` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/ads-order.md
- `adspace_bid` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/adspace-bid.md
- `auth_wallet_challenge` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/auth-wallet-challenge.md
- `campaign_claim` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/campaign-claim.md
- `carry_order` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/carry-order.md
- `creator_earnings` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha/creator-earnings.md
- …and 185 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/ai-rokha-rokha.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=ai-rokha-rokha · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/ai-rokha-rokha