Set a Unicode emoji or custom image as the icon for a role. Requires the server to have the ROLE_ICONS feature (boost level 2+). Role name is fuzzy-matched.
AI agents use set_role_icon to create or update resources in Discord — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Discord environment.
The tool modifies role metadata (icon) in a reversible manner—icons can be changed, removed, or updated without permanent data loss. It affects Discord server configuration and visual presentation, which is a write operation.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Set a Unicode emoji or custom image as the icon for a role', indicating modification of role properties without deletion or reversal of prior icons.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access set_role_icon gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Discord, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for set_role_icon:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"set_role_icon": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "set_role_icon_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}set_role_icon 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.
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Set a Unicode emoji or custom image as the icon for a role. Requires the server to have the ROLE_ICONS feature (boost level 2+). Role name is fuzzy-matched. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Discord MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Discord MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for set_role_icon: 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 Discord. Nothing to install.
set_role_icon 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 set_role_icon 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 set_role_icon. 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.
set_role_icon is provided by the Discord MCP server (hardheadhackerhead/discord-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Discord, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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