# decide_re_update

Decide whether to update existing instructions or create new files. Implements

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `decide_re_update`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-homenshum-nodebench/decide-re-update

## Facts

- Tool: `decide_re_update`
- Server: Nodebench (`nodebench-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-homenshum-nodebench.md
- Install: `npx -y nodebench-mcp`
- Homepage: https://github.com/HomenShum/nodebench-ai
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "decide_re_update",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why decide_re_update is rated Medium

The tool modifies existing instructions or creates new files, which are reversible write operations. The incomplete description ('Implements' with no follow-up) slightly reduces confidence, but the core action of updating instructions and creating files clearly falls into the Write category. Severity is medium because unintended updates to instructions could affect downstream processes, but effects are reversible.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'decide_re_update' and description 'update existing instructions or create new files' indicate modification of files/instructions (write operation)."

## Use case

AI agents use decide_re_update 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.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Nodebench:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "decide_re_update": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "decide_re_update_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

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- `delete_sandbox_policy` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-homenshum-nodebench/delete-sandbox-policy.md
- `deleteAgentMemory` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-homenshum-nodebench/deleteagentmemory.md
- `removeDocumentFromFolder` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-homenshum-nodebench/removedocumentfromfolder.md
- `share_revoke_packet_link` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-homenshum-nodebench/share-revoke-packet-link.md
- `unload_toolset` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-homenshum-nodebench/unload-toolset.md
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- …and 793 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-homenshum-nodebench.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=io-github-homenshum-nodebench · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/io-github-homenshum-nodebench