# create_credential

Save a new reusable credential, sealed with the project's encryption key at write time. Neither this call nor any later read ever returns the secret back — reference it from a target by id (see create_endpoint/update_endpoint's target.credentialVaultEntryId) instead of copying the secret around. auth.type selects which fields apply: bearer→token, basic→username+password, apiKeyHeader→headerName+key, apiKeyQuery→paramName+key, publicPrivateKey→secret+key. destinationHost is required and permanent: the credential is only ever sent to that host, over https, and no later call can re-aim it.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `create_credential`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/create-credential

## Facts

- Tool: `create_credential`
- Server: EchoRelay (`https://mcp.echorelay.dev`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/https://mcp.echorelay.dev
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 3 (3 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `auth` | object | yes | The credential's auth shape. |
| `name` | string | yes | Human-readable label, up to 120 characters. |
| `destinationHost` | string | yes | The only host this credential may be sent to, e.g. "api.stripe.com", or a single-label wildcard, e.g. "*.stripe.com" (matches api.stripe.com, not stripe.com and |

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": "create_credential",
    "arguments": {
      "auth": {},
      "name": "<name>",
      "destinationHost": "<destinationHost>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why create_credential is rated Medium

An AI agent can call create_credential faster than any human can review: one bad instruction and it creates or modifies resources in EchoRelay by the hundred, each call as confident as the last.

Risk signals: Handles credentials or secrets (auth) · High parameter count (11 properties)

## Use case

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

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

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

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

## Other tools on EchoRelay (77)

- `cancel_line_publish` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/cancel-line-publish.md
- `delete_credential` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/delete-credential.md
- `delete_endpoint` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/delete-endpoint.md
- `delete_line` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/delete-line.md
- `discard_dlq_entry` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/discard-dlq-entry.md
- `discard_draft_endpoint` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/discard-draft-endpoint.md
- `discard_line_draft` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/discard-line-draft.md
- `remove_member` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/remove-member.md
- `revoke_api_key` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/revoke-api-key.md
- `revoke_project_token` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/revoke-project-token.md
- `rollback_config` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/rollback-config.md
- `dry_run_endpoint` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/dry-run-endpoint.md
- `duplicate_line` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/duplicate-line.md
- `cancel_subscription` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/cancel-subscription.md
- `change_plan` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/change-plan.md
- `downgrade_addon` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/downgrade-addon.md
- `retry_dlq_entry` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/retry-dlq-entry.md
- `start_subscription` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/start-subscription.md
- `start_topup` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/start-topup.md
- `subscribe_addon` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/subscribe-addon.md
- `unsubscribe_addon` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/unsubscribe-addon.md
- `default_endpoint_template` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/default-endpoint-template.md
- `get_billing` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/get-billing.md
- `get_config` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/get-config.md
- `get_dlq_entry` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/get-dlq-entry.md
- `get_endpoint` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/get-endpoint.md
- `get_key_policy` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/get-key-policy.md
- `get_line_draft` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/get-line-draft.md
- `get_metrics` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/get-metrics.md
- `get_project` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/get-project.md
- …and 47 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management.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=dev-echorelay-management · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/dev-echorelay-management