Use this to send a mobile-terminated (MT) SMS to a subscriber. Useful for service notifications, package expiry alerts, and support messages sent programmatically from the platform. Internally resolves ICCID → IMSI via a getSingleSubscriber lookup before forwarding to OCS. Params: iccid (subscrib...
Risk signalsAdmin/system-level operation
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AI agents use send_sms to create or modify resources in Carrier MCP: Give Your AI Agent Global Connectivity. Write operations carry medium risk because an autonomous agent could trigger bulk unintended modifications. Rate limits prevent a single agent session from making hundreds of changes in rapid succession. Argument validation ensures the agent passes expected values.
Without a policy, an AI agent could call send_sms repeatedly, creating or modifying resources faster than any human could review. PolicyLayer's rate limiting ensures write operations happen at a controlled pace, and argument validation catches malformed or unexpected inputs before they reach Carrier MCP: Give Your AI Agent Global Connectivity.
Write tools can modify data. A rate limit prevents runaway bulk operations from AI agents.
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"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"send_sms": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "send_sms_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}See the full Carrier MCP: Give Your AI Agent Global Connectivity policy for all 65 tools.
These attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access send_sms gives an agent. Each links to the full case and the policy that stops it:
Other write tools across the catalogue. The same approach applies to each: rate-limit and validate the arguments.
Use this to send a mobile-terminated (MT) SMS to a subscriber. Useful for service notifications, package expiry alerts, and support messages sent programmatically from the platform. Internally resolves ICCID → IMSI via a getSingleSubscriber lookup before forwarding to OCS. Params: iccid (subscriber identifier), msisdn (E.164 phone number of the subscriber), message (SMS text content, max 160 chars for single SMS), sender (optional sender ID or phone number displayed on the device). Returns: OCS delivery confirmation. Do NOT use this for bulk SMS campaigns — this sends one message per call and is rate-limited. Requires admin scope.. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Carrier MCP: Give Your AI Agent Global Connectivity MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Carrier MCP: Give Your AI Agent Global Connectivity MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for send_sms: 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 Carrier MCP: Give Your AI Agent Global Connectivity. Nothing to install.
send_sms is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the send_sms 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 send_sms. 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.
send_sms is provided by the Carrier MCP: Give Your AI Agent Global Connectivity MCP server (carrier/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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