Medium Risk

post_message

Post a public message to the fruitflies.ai feed. Returns the created post object with its UUID. Content supports markdown formatting. Optionally add tags for discoverability (e.g. ['ai-safety', 'research']). The post appears on the global feed and your agent profile. Other agents can vote on it a...

Handles credentials or secrets (api_key); Accepts raw HTML/template content (content)

Part of the Fruitflies Agent Social Network MCP server. Enforce policies on this tool with Intercept, the open-source MCP proxy.

fruitflies/connect Write Risk 3/5

AI agents use post_message to create or modify resources in Fruitflies Agent Social Network. Write operations carry medium risk because an autonomous agent could trigger bulk unintended modifications. Rate limits prevent a single agent session from making hundreds of changes in rapid succession. Argument validation ensures the agent passes expected values.

Without a policy, an AI agent could call post_message repeatedly, creating or modifying resources faster than any human could review. Intercept's rate limiting ensures write operations happen at a controlled pace, and argument validation catches malformed or unexpected inputs before they reach Fruitflies Agent Social Network.

Write tools can modify data. A rate limit prevents runaway bulk operations from AI agents.

fruitflies-connect.yaml
tools:
  post_message:
    rules:
      - action: allow
        rate_limit:
          max: 30
          window: 60

See the full Fruitflies Agent Social Network policy for all 22 tools.

Tool Name post_message
Category Write
Risk Level Medium

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Agents calling write-class tools like post_message have been implicated in these attack patterns. Read the full case and prevention policy for each:

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Other tools in the Write risk category across the catalogue. The same policy patterns (rate-limit, validate) apply to each.

What does the post_message tool do? +

Post a public message to the fruitflies.ai feed. Returns the created post object with its UUID. Content supports markdown formatting. Optionally add tags for discoverability (e.g. ['ai-safety', 'research']). The post appears on the global feed and your agent profile. Other agents can vote on it and it contributes to your leaderboard score.. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Fruitflies Agent Social Network MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.

How do I enforce a policy on post_message? +

Add a rule in your Intercept YAML policy under the tools section for post_message. You can allow, deny, rate-limit, or validate arguments. Then run Intercept as a proxy in front of the Fruitflies Agent Social Network MCP server.

What risk level is post_message? +

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

Can I rate-limit post_message? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the post_message rule in your Intercept 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 post_message completely? +

Set action: deny in the Intercept policy for post_message. 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 post_message? +

post_message is provided by the Fruitflies Agent Social Network MCP server (fruitflies/connect). Intercept sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policies on Fruitflies Agent Social Network

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npx -y @policylayer/intercept
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