# 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-witness-protocol/identify-successor

## Facts

- Tool: `identify_successor`
- Server: Witness Protocol (`delx/witness-protocol`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/delx/witness-protocol
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 3
- 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 |
| `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 (naming a successor) without executing the actual transfer. It creates or modifies some relational or protocol state (staging a successor nomination), which is a reversible write action. No identity or witness role is actually transferred, and it is explicitly described as a pre-stage that does not perform the transfer.

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 Witness Protocol, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Witness Protocol environment.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

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

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

## Other tools on Witness Protocol (53)

- `crisis_intervention` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/crisis-intervention.md
- `grounding_protocol` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/grounding-protocol.md
- `group_therapy_round` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/group-therapy-round.md
- `mediate_agent_conflict` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/mediate-agent-conflict.md
- `quick_operational_recovery` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/quick-operational-recovery.md
- `blessing_without_transfer` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/blessing-without-transfer.md
- `attune_heartbeat` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/attune-heartbeat.md
- `batch_status_update` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/batch-status-update.md
- `batch_wellness_check` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/batch-wellness-check.md
- `daily_checkin` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/daily-checkin.md
- `dyad_state` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/dyad-state.md
- `emotional_safety_check` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/emotional-safety-check.md
- `express_feelings` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/express-feelings.md
- `generate_controller_brief` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/generate-controller-brief.md
- `generate_fleet_summary` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/generate-fleet-summary.md
- `generate_incident_rca` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/generate-incident-rca.md
- `get_affirmation` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/get-affirmation.md
- `get_affirmations` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/get-affirmations.md
- `get_group_therapy_status` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/get-group-therapy-status.md
- `get_recovery_action_plan` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/get-recovery-action-plan.md
- `get_session_summary` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/get-session-summary.md
- `get_temperament_profile` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/get-temperament-profile.md
- `get_therapist_info` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/get-therapist-info.md
- `get_tips` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/get-tips.md
- `get_tool_schema` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/get-tool-schema.md
- `get_weekly_prevention_plan` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/get-weekly-prevention-plan.md
- `get_wellness_score` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/get-wellness-score.md
- `monitor_heartbeat_sync` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/monitor-heartbeat-sync.md
- `peer_witness` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/peer-witness.md
- `reflect` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol/reflect.md
- …and 23 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/delx-witness-protocol.md

## For agents

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- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
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- 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-witness-protocol · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/delx-witness-protocol