analyze_readability
Calculate Flesch-Kincaid readability score, grade level, and reading ease. Parameters: text — Text to analyze for readability.
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What analyze_readability does on X402 Middleware
AI agents call analyze_readability to retrieve information from X402 Middleware 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
text | string | Yes |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why analyze_readability is rated Low
analyze_readability performs read-only text analysis using a standard readability algorithm. It accepts text input and returns calculated metrics (Flesch-Kincaid score, grade level, reading ease). This has no side effects, does not interact with external systems, and poses minimal security risk even if misused by an agent, as it cannot cause data loss, execute arbitrary commands, or trigger financial transactions.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Calculate Flesch-Kincaid readability score, grade level, and reading ease' with parameter 'text — Text to analyze for readability.' This is a pure analysis/calculation operation that retrieves metrics from input text without…
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The rule that runs analyze_readability safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and X402 Middleware, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For analyze_readability, this is the rule to start with:
analyze_readability 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 X402 Middleware, apply this rule, and every analyze_readability call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about analyze_readability
Calculate Flesch-Kincaid readability score, grade level, and reading ease. Parameters: text — Text to analyze for readability. It is categorised as a Read tool in the X402 Middleware MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
analyze_readability accepts 1 parameter: text. Required: text. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the X402 Middleware MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for analyze_readability: 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 X402 Middleware. Nothing to install.
analyze_readability 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 analyze_readability 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 analyze_readability. 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.
analyze_readability is provided by the X402 Middleware MCP server (@gadgethumans/x402). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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