badge-award

Award a badge to one or more recipients (NIP-58, kind 8). The badge must be defined first via badge-create.

SERVERNostr Bray SOURCEnostr-bray

Medium RISK CLASS

Category Write

Parameters 00 required

Recommended Rate-limitedsee the rule below

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This record as markdown: /tools/dev-forgesworn-bray/badge-award.md

WHAT IT DOES

What badge-award does on Nostr Bray

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

RISK

Why badge-award is rated Medium

Awarding badges is a write operation that creates new social metadata/attestations on a Nostr network. It modifies state (assigns credentials to recipients) but is reversible and non-destructive. The blast radius is medium because badge awards could be misused to assign false credentials or spam recipients, but damage is limited to badge metadata rather than financial transactions or data deletion.

From the tool's definition Tool performs 'Award a badge' action, which creates or modifies badge assignments to recipients via NIP-58 kind 8 events. This is a reversible data creation operation (badges can be revoked or re-awarded).

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RECOMMENDED RULE

The rule that runs badge-award safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Nostr Bray, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For badge-award, this is the rule to start with:

badge-award Rate-limited

badge-award stays usable, but capped: an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

View as policy code

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "badge-award": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "badge-award_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

LIMIT THIS TOOL → Instant setup, no code required.

The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Nostr Bray, apply this rule, and every badge-award call is checked against it from then on.

FAQ

Questions about badge-award

What does the badge-award tool do? +

Award a badge to one or more recipients (NIP-58, kind 8). The badge must be defined first via badge-create. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Nostr Bray MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.

How do I enforce a policy on badge-award? +

Register the Nostr Bray MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for badge-award: 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 Nostr Bray. Nothing to install.

What risk level is badge-award? +

badge-award is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.

Can I rate-limit badge-award? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the badge-award 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.

How do I block badge-award completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for badge-award. 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.

What MCP server provides badge-award? +

badge-award is provided by the Nostr Bray MCP server (nostr-bray). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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