# scale_service

Scale a service in a deployment

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `scale_service`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/scale-service

## Facts

- Tool: `scale_service`
- Server: Claude MCP Server Ecosystem (`coder-rl/claude_mcpserver_dev1`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/Coder-RL/Claude_MCPServer_Dev1
- Risk category: Execute (High risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

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

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "scale_service",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why scale_service is rated High

Scaling a service executes a command that modifies infrastructure state in real-time. While not permanently destructive or financial, it has immediate side effects on running systems and can impact availability, performance, or costs. This is Execute rather than Write because it triggers an external operation (orchestration action) rather than simply creating/modifying data records.

From the tool's own definition: "'Scale a service in a deployment' indicates triggering operational changes to infrastructure resources, which is an external operation whose effects (resource allocation, availability, performance) depend on arguments like service name and scale parameters."

## Use case

AI agents invoke scale_service to trigger actions in Claude MCP Server Ecosystem. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call: builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

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

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "scale_service": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "scale_service_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 10,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Claude MCP Server Ecosystem (228)

- `delete_enhanced_memory` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/delete-enhanced-memory.md
- `delete_memory` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/delete-memory.md
- `revoke_session` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/revoke-session.md
- `undeploy_model` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/undeploy-model.md
- `adaptive_cross_attention` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/adaptive-cross-attention.md
- `adaptive_sparsity_tuning` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/adaptive-sparsity-tuning.md
- `authenticate` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/authenticate.md
- `benchmark_encoding_performance` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/benchmark-encoding-performance.md
- `build_documentation_project` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/build-documentation-project.md
- `compute_cross_attention` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/compute-cross-attention.md
- `create_neural_network` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/create-neural-network.md
- `create_security_scan` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/create-security-scan.md
- `deploy_model` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/deploy-model.md
- `deploy_plan` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/deploy-plan.md
- `derive_key` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/derive-key.md
- `execute_control_test` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/execute-control-test.md
- `execute_orchestration` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/execute-orchestration.md
- `execute_pipeline` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/execute-pipeline.md
- `execute_security_scan` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/execute-security-scan.md
- `execute_sparse_attention` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/execute-sparse-attention.md
- `execute_transformer_block` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/execute-transformer-block.md
- `execute_warehouse_query` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/execute-warehouse-query.md
- `generate_attention_pattern` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/generate-attention-pattern.md
- `generate_position_encodings` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/generate-position-encodings.md
- `hyperparameter_search` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/hyperparameter-search.md
- `initialize_cross_attention_session` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/initialize-cross-attention-session.md
- `optimize_architecture` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/optimize-architecture.md
- `optimize_attention_chunks` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/optimize-attention-chunks.md
- `optimize_cross_attention_fusion` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/optimize-cross-attention-fusion.md
- `optimize_gradient` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1/optimize-gradient.md
- …and 198 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1.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=coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1 · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/coder-rl-claude-mcpserver-dev1
