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What wake_on_lan does on Ikuai
AI agents invoke wake_on_lan to trigger actions in Ikuai. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call: builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.
Why wake_on_lan is rated High
This tool sends a Wake-on-LAN magic packet to trigger a remote device to power on. It executes an external network operation with real-world effects (powering on hardware), making it Execute category. Severity is medium as it can wake up devices on the network, but does not destroy data or move money.
From the tool's definition 发送网络唤醒包 (Wake-on-LAN)
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The rule that runs wake_on_lan safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Ikuai, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For wake_on_lan, this is the rule to start with:
wake_on_lan stays usable, but rate-capped: a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Ikuai, apply this rule, and every wake_on_lan call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about wake_on_lan
wake_on_lan is a execute tool on the Ikuai MCP server. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the Ikuai MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Register the Ikuai MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for wake_on_lan: 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 Ikuai. Nothing to install.
wake_on_lan is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the wake_on_lan 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 wake_on_lan. 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.
wake_on_lan is provided by the Ikuai MCP server (gxxHuang/ikuai-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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