# service_action

Start, stop, restart, enable, or disable a system service.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `service_action`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/service-action

## Facts

- Tool: `service_action`
- Server: Yaver (`yaver-cli`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver.md
- Install: `npx -y yaver-cli`
- Homepage: https://github.com/kivanccakmak/yaver.io
- Risk category: Execute (High risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 2 (2 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | string | yes | Service name |
| `action` | string | yes | start, stop, restart, enable, disable |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

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

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "service_action",
    "arguments": {
      "name": "<name>",
      "action": "<action>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why service_action is rated High

This tool executes commands that control system services—a form of code execution with side effects. While not destructive in the permanent data-loss sense, restarting or disabling critical services can disrupt operations, cause downtime, or indirectly impact data availability. The tool's effect depends entirely on which service argument an AI agent targets.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool description states it can 'Start, stop, restart, enable, or disable a system service.' These are external operations that trigger immediate effects on system state and behavior."

## Use case

AI agents invoke service_action to trigger actions in Yaver. 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.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

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

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "service_action": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "service_action_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 10,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Yaver (644)

- `acl_remove_peer` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/acl-remove-peer.md
- `cancel_schedule` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/cancel-schedule.md
- `cloud_destroy` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/cloud-destroy.md
- `companion_down` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/companion-down.md
- `data_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/data-delete.md
- `db_push` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/db-push.md
- `db_reset` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/db-reset.md
- `db_restore` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/db-restore.md
- `dns_flush` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/dns-flush.md
- `dns_remove` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/dns-remove.md
- `docker_prune` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/docker-prune.md
- `docker_rm` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/docker-rm.md
- `docker_rmi` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/docker-rmi.md
- `feedback_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/feedback-delete.md
- `forgot_password` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/forgot-password.md
- `git_member_remove` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/git-member-remove.md
- `git_stash` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/git-stash.md
- `guest_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/guest-delete.md
- `guest_revoke` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/guest-revoke.md
- `jobs_cancel` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/jobs-cancel.md
- `machine_onboarding_remove` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/machine-onboarding-remove.md
- `machine_remove` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/machine-remove.md
- `migrate_rollback` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/migrate-rollback.md
- `models_remove` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/models-remove.md
- `monitor_remove` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/monitor-remove.md
- `phone_project_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/phone-project-delete.md
- `proxy_remove` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/proxy-remove.md
- `relay_clear_password` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/relay-clear-password.md
- `release_rollback` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/release-rollback.md
- `remote_destroy` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver/remote-destroy.md
- …and 614 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver.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-kivanccakmak-yaver · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/io-github-kivanccakmak-yaver