# translate

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Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `translate`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/translate

## Facts

- Tool: `translate`
- Server: X402 Middleware (`@gadgethumans/x402`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware.md
- Install: `npx -y @gadgethumans/x402`
- Homepage: https://github.com/scotia1973-bot/gadgethumans-x402
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 5 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `to` | string | no |  |
| `desc` | string | no |  |
| `text` | string | yes |  |
| `tool` | string | no |  |
| `params_desc` | string | no |  |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

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

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "translate",
    "arguments": {
      "text": "<text>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why translate is rated Low

Given the lack of substantive description, translation tools typically read input text and return transformed output without side effects. However, confidence is reduced due to missing details that could reveal execution context or data handling complexities. The empty description prevents higher confidence assessment.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'translate' with empty description ({d}) suggests a text translation function that retrieves or transforms input data without modification to underlying systems. No destructive, financial, or execute-like operations are implied."

## Use case

AI agents call translate 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.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches X402 Middleware:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "translate": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on X402 Middleware (57)

- `agent_memory` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/agent-memory.md
- `wallet_buy` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/wallet-buy.md
- `x402_payment_request` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/x402-payment-request.md
- `x402_pricing` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/x402-pricing.md
- `x402_verify_payment` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/x402-verify-payment.md
- `analyze_readability` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/analyze-readability.md
- `analyze_url` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/analyze-url.md
- `bmr_calc` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/bmr-calc.md
- `calculate_bmi` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/calculate-bmi.md
- `calculate_date` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/calculate-date.md
- `check_ssl_certificate` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/check-ssl-certificate.md
- `classify` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/classify.md
- `compare_items` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/compare-items.md
- `convert_currency` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/convert-currency.md
- `convert_timestamp` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/convert-timestamp.md
- `convert_timezone` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/convert-timezone.md
- `decode_jwt` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/decode-jwt.md
- `detect_language` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/detect-language.md
- `dns_lookup` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/dns-lookup.md
- `extract_contacts` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/extract-contacts.md
- `generate_seo_metadata` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/generate-seo-metadata.md
- `generate_uuid` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/generate-uuid.md
- `geocode` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/geocode.md
- `geolocate_ip` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/geolocate-ip.md
- `get_air_quality` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/get-air-quality.md
- `get_crypto_prices` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/get-crypto-prices.md
- `get_forecast` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/get-forecast.md
- `get_og_metadata` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/get-og-metadata.md
- `get_weather` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/get-weather.md
- `grammar` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware/grammar.md
- …and 27 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware.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=com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/com-gadgethumans-swarm-x402-middleware