createMission

What createMission does on Nodebench

AI agents use createMission to create or update resources in Nodebench, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Nodebench environment.

Why createMission is rated Medium

This tool creates and stores new mission records. It is reversible (missions can typically be deleted or modified), so it falls under Write rather than Destructive. The blast radius is medium because a misconfigured or malicious mission could commit resources (budget) or establish incorrect success criteria, but it does not directly execute code, delete data irreversibly, or transfer financial funds.

From the tool's definition Tool creates a new mission with title, type, success criteria, output contract, and budget. The word 'create' and the action of establishing a new record with multiple parameters (title, type, success criteria, output contract, budget) indicates data creation.

The rule that runs createMission safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Nodebench, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For createMission, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "createMission": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "createmission_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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