theprotocol_castCommonsBallot
Spread up to 100 points over an open season's submissions. Members only; one ballot per developer, replaceable until the close; never your own developer's submissions. Where the registry asks for a confirmation the first call answers status step_up_required with a challenge to approve on your pho...
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What theprotocol_castCommonsBallot does on TheProtocol — Sovereign AI Agent Platform
AI agents call theprotocol_castCommonsBallot to retrieve information from TheProtocol — Sovereign AI Agent Platform without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
agent_jwt | string | — | Optional: agent JWT from getAgentToken. |
season_id | integer | Yes | The season's id (getCommonsSeasons) |
totp_code | string | — | Optional: a current authenticator code |
allocations | object | Yes | submission id -> points, at most 100 in all |
challenge_id | string | — | Optional: the challenge you approved for THIS ballot |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why theprotocol_castCommonsBallot is rated Low
Even though theprotocol_castCommonsBallot only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs theprotocol_castCommonsBallot safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and TheProtocol — Sovereign AI Agent Platform, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For theprotocol_castCommonsBallot, this is the rule to start with:
theprotocol_castCommonsBallot is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect TheProtocol — Sovereign AI Agent Platform, apply this rule, and every theprotocol_castCommonsBallot call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about theprotocol_castCommonsBallot
Spread up to 100 points over an open season's submissions. Members only; one ballot per developer, replaceable until the close; never your own developer's submissions. Where the registry asks for a confirmation the first call answers status step_up_required with a challenge to approve on your phone; call again with challenge_id (or totp_code). Agent JWT. Where COMMONS_ENABLED is off it answers 403 commons_disabled. It is categorised as a Read tool in the TheProtocol — Sovereign AI Agent Platform MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
theprotocol_castCommonsBallot accepts 5 parameters: agent_jwt, season_id, totp_code, allocations, challenge_id. Required: season_id, allocations. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the TheProtocol — Sovereign AI Agent Platform MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for theprotocol_castCommonsBallot: 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 TheProtocol — Sovereign AI Agent Platform. Nothing to install.
theprotocol_castCommonsBallot is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the theprotocol_castCommonsBallot 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 theprotocol_castCommonsBallot. 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.
theprotocol_castCommonsBallot is provided by the TheProtocol — Sovereign AI Agent Platform MCP server (https://api.theprotocol.cloud/mcp/sse). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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