# delete_credential

Delete a saved credential. Blocked (not a permission or not-found error — a validation error) while any target still references it; repoint or remove those targets first.

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

## Facts

- Tool: `delete_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: Destructive (Critical risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 1 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Hidden

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `credentialId` | string | yes | UUID of the credential to delete. |

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": "delete_credential",
    "arguments": {
      "credentialId": "<credentialId>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why delete_credential is rated Critical

This tool permanently removes a saved credential from the system. Although the tool includes safeguards (blocking deletion if targets still reference it), the core action is irreversible data destruction. Destructive is the most severe category and takes precedence over Write.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name is 'delete_credential' and description explicitly states 'Delete a saved credential'. The term 'Delete' combined with the irreversible nature of removing a credential makes this destructive."

## Use case

AI agents call delete_credential to permanently remove resources in EchoRelay, typically in cleanup and lifecycle workflows. It does its job in a single call, and there is no undo.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

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

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "hide": [
    "delete_credential"
  ]
}
```

## Other tools on EchoRelay (77)

- `cancel_line_publish` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/cancel-line-publish.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
- `get_receipts` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-echorelay-management/get-receipts.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