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What delimit_deploy_npm does on Delimit
AI agents invoke delimit_deploy_npm to trigger actions in Delimit. 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.
Why delimit_deploy_npm is rated High
Deploying npm packages executes a build and publish workflow with external side effects. The description is empty, which lowers confidence, but the function name clearly indicates code deployment—a consequential operation that can affect production systems and distributed software. This is more severe than Write (which is reversible) but distinct from Destructive (npm deployments can typically be yanked/deprecated).
From the tool's definition Tool name 'delimit_deploy_npm' indicates deployment of npm packages, which involves executing external operations and publishing code to registries.
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The rule that runs delimit_deploy_npm safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Delimit, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For delimit_deploy_npm, this is the rule to start with:
delimit_deploy_npm stays usable, but rate-capped: a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Delimit, apply this rule, and every delimit_deploy_npm call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about delimit_deploy_npm
delimit_deploy_npm is a execute tool on the Delimit MCP server. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the Delimit MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Register the Delimit MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for delimit_deploy_npm: 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 Delimit. Nothing to install.
delimit_deploy_npm is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the delimit_deploy_npm 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 delimit_deploy_npm. 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.
delimit_deploy_npm is provided by the Delimit MCP server (delimit-cli). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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