community-create
Create a moderated community (NIP-72, kind 34550). Communities are open and approval-based, different from NIP-29 closed groups.
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What community-create does on Nostr Bray
AI agents use community-create 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.
Why community-create is rated Medium
This is a Write-category tool because it creates new, reversible data (a community structure). It does not execute arbitrary code (Execute), destroy data (Destructive), or move money (Financial).
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Create a moderated community' — the verb 'Create' combined with 'NIP-72, kind 34550' indicates this tool creates new data structures (Nostr community objects) that persist on the network.
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The rule that runs community-create 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 community-create, this is the rule to start with:
community-create 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.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Nostr Bray, apply this rule, and every community-create call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about community-create
Create a moderated community (NIP-72, kind 34550). Communities are open and approval-based, different from NIP-29 closed groups. 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.
Register the Nostr Bray MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for community-create: 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.
community-create is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the community-create 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.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for community-create. 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.
community-create 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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