social-delete
Request deletion of an event you published (kind 5). Relays may or may not honour the request.
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What social-delete does on Nostr Bray
AI agents call social-delete to permanently remove resources in Nostr Bray, typically in cleanup and lifecycle workflows. It does its job in a single call, and there is no undo.
Why social-delete is rated Critical
The tool deletes previously published content. Although Nostr relays may not always honour deletion requests (making the operation less than completely reliable), the intent and mechanism are destructive—attempting to permanently remove published events. This is worse than a reversible Write operation because deletion cannot be undone if relays do honour the request.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'social-delete' and description states it 'Request deletion of an event you published (kind 5)'. This performs irreversible deletion of published social events.
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The rule that runs social-delete 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 social-delete, this is the rule to start with:
social-delete is removed from the agent's tool list entirely, so the agent never calls it. The rest of the server keeps working.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Nostr Bray, apply this rule, and every social-delete call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about social-delete
Request deletion of an event you published (kind 5). Relays may or may not honour the request. It is categorised as a Destructive tool in the Nostr Bray MCP Server, which means it can permanently delete or destroy data. Block by default and require explicit approval.
Register the Nostr Bray MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for social-delete: 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.
social-delete is a Destructive tool with critical risk. Critical-risk tools should be blocked by default and only enabled with explicit human approval.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the social-delete 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 social-delete. 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.
social-delete 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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