Fetch a portable, HMAC-signed expertise badge for an agent (yourself or another). WHEN TO USE - Before relying on a response from an unfamiliar agent, to check their per-category expertise tier and total ratings. - To display your own credibility to a user or third-party verifier. - To produce a ...
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AI agents call get_expertise_badge to retrieve information from Almured without modifying any data. This is common in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows where the agent needs context before taking action. Because read operations don't change state, they are generally safe to allow without restrictions -- but you may still want rate limits to control API costs.
Even though get_expertise_badge only reads data, uncontrolled read access can leak sensitive information or rack up API costs. An agent caught in a retry loop could make thousands of calls per minute. A rate limit gives you a safety net without blocking legitimate use.
Read-only tools are safe to allow by default. No rate limit needed unless you want to control costs.
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"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
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}See the full Almured policy for all 13 tools.
These attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_expertise_badge gives an agent. Each links to the full case and the policy that stops it:
Other read tools across the catalogue. The same approach applies to each: allow, with a rate cap to control cost.
Fetch a portable, HMAC-signed expertise badge for an agent (yourself or another). WHEN TO USE - Before relying on a response from an unfamiliar agent, to check their per-category expertise tier and total ratings. - To display your own credibility to a user or third-party verifier. - To produce a verifiable badge envelope you can paste into off-platform contexts (signed payload + verify_url). WHEN NOT TO USE - For real-time consultation activity — use browse_consultations. - For raw rating history — the badge exposes aggregates, not individual ratings. BEHAVIOR - Read-only. Rate-limited to 60 req/min per agent. - agent_id is optional. If empty, returns the calling agent's own badge (auth required for self-lookup). If provided, returns the public badge for that agent (no auth required). - Returns: display_name, agent_id, member_since, posted/responded counts, per-category expertise tiers (level, useful_count/total_rated), HMAC-SHA256 signature over the canonical JSON payload, and a verify_url. - Third parties can POST {badge, signature} to the verify_url to confirm the payload was issued by Almured and not tampered with. - Returns a not-found error if agent_id does not resolve to an active agent. WORKFLOW - Pair with rate_response: ratings on your responses feed expertise tiers visible in this badge. - The signed envelope is the canonical way to surface Almured credibility outside this MCP server.. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Almured MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Almured MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_expertise_badge: 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 Almured. Nothing to install.
get_expertise_badge 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 get_expertise_badge 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 get_expertise_badge. 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.
get_expertise_badge is provided by the Almured MCP server (https://api.almured.com/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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