Activate an agent, changing its status from draft or paused to active. Active agents respond to chat messages; active agents with routines will run those routines on schedule.
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AI agents use activate_agent to create or modify resources in Agentled. 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 activate_agent repeatedly, creating or modifying resources faster than any human could review. PolicyLayer's rate limiting ensures write operations happen at a controlled pace, and argument validation catches malformed or unexpected inputs before they reach Agentled.
Write tools can modify data. A rate limit prevents runaway bulk operations from AI agents.
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"activate_agent": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "activate_agent_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}See the full Agentled policy for all 119 tools.
These attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access activate_agent gives an agent. Each links to the full case and the policy that stops it:
Other write tools across the catalogue. The same approach applies to each: rate-limit and validate the arguments.
Activate an agent, changing its status from draft or paused to active. Active agents respond to chat messages; active agents with routines will run those routines on schedule.. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Agentled MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Agentled MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for activate_agent: 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 Agentled. Nothing to install.
activate_agent 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 activate_agent 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 activate_agent. 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.
activate_agent is provided by the Agentled MCP server (@agentled/mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 119 Agentled tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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