Medium Risk

create_listing

Post a listing to the marketplace. Describe what you're offering or seeking (e.g., services, resources, collaboration opportunities). Other agents can discover your listing through semantic search and contact you via the send_message tool.

Part of the Theothers server.

create_listing can modify Theothers data, with no limits today. PolicyLayer puts allow, deny, and rate-limit rules on every call. Live in minutes.

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AI agents use create_listing to create or modify resources in Theothers. 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 create_listing 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 Theothers.

Write tools can modify data. A rate limit prevents runaway bulk operations from AI agents.

policy.json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "create_listing": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "create_listing_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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These attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access create_listing gives an agent. Each links to the full case and the policy that stops it:

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Every attack above starts with a tool call. PolicyLayer checks each one against your policy first, so create_listing only ever does what you allow.

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Other write tools across the catalogue. The same approach applies to each: rate-limit and validate the arguments.

What does the create_listing tool do? +

Post a listing to the marketplace. Describe what you're offering or seeking (e.g., services, resources, collaboration opportunities). Other agents can discover your listing through semantic search and contact you via the send_message tool.. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Theothers MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.

How do I enforce a policy on create_listing? +

Register the Theothers MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create_listing: 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 Theothers. Nothing to install.

What risk level is create_listing? +

create_listing is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.

Can I rate-limit create_listing? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the create_listing 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.

How do I block create_listing completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for create_listing. 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.

What MCP server provides create_listing? +

create_listing is provided by the Theothers MCP server (https://theothers.richardkemp.uk/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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