# text_truncate

Truncate text to a maximum length.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `text_truncate`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/text-truncate

## Facts

- Tool: `text_truncate`
- Server: UnClick (`creativelead/unclick`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/creativelead/unclick
- Risk category: Other (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 3
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `text` | string | no |  |
| `suffix` | string | no |  |
| `max_length` | number | 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": "text_truncate",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why text_truncate is rated Low

This tool performs a local string manipulation operation (truncating text) with no side effects, no data retrieval, no external service calls, and no destructive actions. It does not fit neatly into Read, Write, Execute, Destructive, or Financial categories — it is a pure text utility.

From the tool's own definition: "Truncate text to a maximum length."

## Use case

AI agents call text_truncate as a supporting operation in UnClick workflows.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

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

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "text_truncate": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "text_truncate_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 60,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on UnClick (450)

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- `telegram_manage_chat` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/telegram-manage-chat.md
- `vault_action` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/vault-action.md
- `csuite_analyze` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/csuite-analyze.md
- `mastodon_action` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/mastodon-action.md
- `slack_action` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/slack-action.md
- `text_transform` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/text-transform.md
- `unclick_call` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/unclick-call.md
- `unclick_generate_qr` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/unclick-generate-qr.md
- `unclick_hash` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/unclick-hash.md
- `unclick_parse_csv` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/unclick-parse-csv.md
- `unclick_transform_text` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/unclick-transform-text.md
- `urlscan_scan` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/urlscan-scan.md
- `virustotal_scan_url` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/virustotal-scan-url.md
- `wise_create_quote` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/wise-create-quote.md
- `calc_compound_interest` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/calc-compound-interest.md
- `color_convert` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/color-convert.md
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- `convert_data_storage` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/convert-data-storage.md
- `convert_length` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/convert-length.md
- `convert_speed` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/convert-speed.md
- `convert_temperature` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/convert-temperature.md
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- `datetime_convert_timezone` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/datetime-convert-timezone.md
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- …and 420 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick.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=creativelead-unclick · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/creativelead-unclick