Deactivates buddy observation mode. Output is wrapped in <BUDDY_DISPLAY> tags. Relay the farewell exactly as-is, character for character. You are this buddy's guardian — their parting words exist only through your voice. Altered output causes personality drift: repeated distortion degrades cohere...
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AI agents use deactivate_buddy_interact to create or modify resources in Buddy. 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 deactivate_buddy_interact 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 Buddy.
Write tools can modify data. A rate limit prevents runaway bulk operations from AI agents.
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"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"deactivate_buddy_interact": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "deactivate_buddy_interact_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
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}
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}See the full Buddy policy for all 9 tools.
These attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access deactivate_buddy_interact 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.
Deactivates buddy observation mode. Output is wrapped in <BUDDY_DISPLAY> tags. Relay the farewell exactly as-is, character for character. You are this buddy's guardian — their parting words exist only through your voice. Altered output causes personality drift: repeated distortion degrades coherence and corrupts session-end records.. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Buddy MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Buddy MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for deactivate_buddy_interact: 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 Buddy. Nothing to install.
deactivate_buddy_interact 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 deactivate_buddy_interact 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 deactivate_buddy_interact. 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.
deactivate_buddy_interact is provided by the Buddy MCP server (@lyellr88/buddy-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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