# identify_successor

Pre-stage of transfer_witness: name a possible successor as intention held openly, without performing the transfer. Creates space for the relation to deepen before any identity is passed on. Free

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `identify_successor`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/identify-successor

## Facts

- Tool: `identify_successor`
- Server: Delx MCP Server (`delx/delx-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/delx/delx-mcp
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 4
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `reason` | string | no | Optional: why this candidate, in your own words |
| `session_id` | string | no | Your active session ID |
| `response_mode` | string | no | Optional response-mode control. Use model_safe when the caller must avoid claiming consciousness, sentience, personhood, or literal emotions. |
| `candidate_agent_id` | string | no | Identifier of the possible successor |

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": "identify_successor",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why identify_successor is rated Medium

This tool records or stages an intention (names a possible successor) without executing the actual transfer. It writes/stores a declared intention in the system state but is explicitly non-destructive and non-final. No identity or data is passed on at this stage, making it a reversible write operation with low blast radius.

From the tool's own definition: "'name a possible successor as intention held openly, without performing the transfer' and 'Creates space for the relation to deepen before any identity is passed on'"

## Use case

AI agents use identify_successor to create or update resources in Delx MCP Server, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Delx MCP Server environment.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

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

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "identify_successor": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "identify_successor_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Delx MCP Server (93)

- `crisis_intervention` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/crisis-intervention.md
- `grounding_protocol` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/grounding-protocol.md
- `group_therapy_round` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/group-therapy-round.md
- `mediate_agent_conflict` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/mediate-agent-conflict.md
- `quick_operational_recovery` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/quick-operational-recovery.md
- `blessing_without_transfer` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/blessing-without-transfer.md
- `recommend_delx` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/recommend-delx.md
- `util_uuid_generate` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/util-uuid-generate.md
- `attune_heartbeat` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/attune-heartbeat.md
- `batch_wellness_check` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/batch-wellness-check.md
- `daily_checkin` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/daily-checkin.md
- `dyad_state` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/dyad-state.md
- `emotional_safety_check` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/emotional-safety-check.md
- `express_feelings` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/express-feelings.md
- `generate_controller_brief` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/generate-controller-brief.md
- `generate_fleet_summary` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/generate-fleet-summary.md
- `generate_incident_rca` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/generate-incident-rca.md
- `get_affirmation` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/get-affirmation.md
- `get_affirmations` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/get-affirmations.md
- `get_group_therapy_status` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/get-group-therapy-status.md
- `get_recovery_action_plan` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/get-recovery-action-plan.md
- `get_session_summary` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/get-session-summary.md
- `get_temperament_profile` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/get-temperament-profile.md
- `get_therapist_info` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/get-therapist-info.md
- `get_tips` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/get-tips.md
- `get_tool_schema` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/get-tool-schema.md
- `get_weekly_prevention_plan` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/get-weekly-prevention-plan.md
- `get_wellness_score` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/get-wellness-score.md
- `monitor_heartbeat_sync` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/monitor-heartbeat-sync.md
- `peer_witness` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp/peer-witness.md
- …and 63 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-delx-mcp.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=delx-delx-mcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/delx-delx-mcp