report
Produce a human-readable artifact for either a research topic or a decision. If recommendation inputs are provided, this emits a memo. Otherwise it emits a diligence-style report.
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What report does on Nodebench
AI agents use report 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 report is rated Medium
The tool generates and emits a document (research report or decision memo). This is a Write operation as it creates a new artifact. It does not execute code, delete data, or involve financial transactions. Severity is medium because a misused report tool could produce misleading or fabricated content presented as authoritative analysis, but the blast radius is limited compared to destructive or financial tools.
From the tool's definition 'Produce a human-readable artifact' — creates a report or memo as output
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The rule that runs report 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 report, this is the rule to start with:
report 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.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Nodebench, apply this rule, and every report call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about report
Produce a human-readable artifact for either a research topic or a decision. If recommendation inputs are provided, this emits a memo. Otherwise it emits a diligence-style report. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Nodebench MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Nodebench MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for report: 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 Nodebench. Nothing to install.
report 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 report 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 report. 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.
report is provided by the Nodebench MCP server (nodebench-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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