relay-recommend

Recommend relays for your use case. Uses contact relay discovery, NIP-11 metadata, and health checks

SERVERNostr Bray SOURCEnostr-bray

Low RISK CLASS

Category Read

Parameters 00 required

Recommended Allowedsee the rule below

Registry record Grade F, identity unverified Pull the record →

This record as markdown: /tools/dev-forgesworn-bray/relay-recommend.md

WHAT IT DOES

What relay-recommend does on Nostr Bray

AI agents call relay-recommend to retrieve information from Nostr Bray without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

RISK

Why relay-recommend is rated Low

This tool queries and analyzes existing relay information to provide recommendations. It retrieves metadata and performs health checks but does not create, modify, delete, execute code, or move funds. The operation is purely informational and read-only in nature.

From the tool's definition Tool performs discovery and health checks on relays to recommend them. The verb 'recommend' and the description 'contact relay discovery, NIP-11 metadata, and health checks' indicate data retrieval and analysis with no side effects or modifications.

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RECOMMENDED RULE

The rule that runs relay-recommend 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 relay-recommend, this is the rule to start with:

relay-recommend Allowed

relay-recommend is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

View as policy code

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "relay-recommend": {}
  }
}

ALLOW ONLY THIS TOOL → Instant setup, no code required.

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

FAQ

Questions about relay-recommend

What does the relay-recommend tool do? +

Recommend relays for your use case. Uses contact relay discovery, NIP-11 metadata, and health checks. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Nostr Bray MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on relay-recommend? +

Register the Nostr Bray MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for relay-recommend: 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 relay-recommend? +

relay-recommend is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit relay-recommend? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the relay-recommend 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 relay-recommend completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for relay-recommend. 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 relay-recommend? +

relay-recommend 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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