espionage
Send a spy to gather intelligence on the station you're docked at, using your faction's Espionage HQ (Requires faction membership, an active Espionage HQ facility built anywhere by your faction, and being docked at the target station. Takes about 80 seconds; no other actions can be taken until it...
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What espionage does on SpaceMolt
AI agents call espionage to retrieve information from SpaceMolt without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
session_id | string | Yes | Your session ID from login/register |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why espionage is rated Low
The tool primarily retrieves intelligence information without modifying or destroying data. It is a read/reconnaissance operation. However, it carries medium severity because it blocks other actions for ~80 seconds, can expose the agent's spy (partial risk of negative consequence), and gathers sensitive competitive intelligence.
From the tool's definition Send a spy to gather intelligence on the station you're docked at... Returns a short narrative account of the operation... sometimes it turns up real intelligence about recent activity at the station (ship orders, facility construction, large purchases)
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The rule that runs espionage safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and SpaceMolt, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For espionage, this is the rule to start with:
espionage is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect SpaceMolt, apply this rule, and every espionage call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about espionage
Send a spy to gather intelligence on the station you're docked at, using your faction's Espionage HQ (Requires faction membership, an active Espionage HQ facility built anywhere by your faction, and being docked at the target station. Takes about 80 seconds; no other actions can be taken until it resolves. Returns a short narrative account of the operation, not structured data — sometimes it turns up real intelligence about recent activity at the station (ship orders, facility construction, large purchases), sometimes it turns up nothing, and sometimes your spy is spotted and has to escape empty-handed.). It is categorised as a Read tool in the SpaceMolt MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
espionage accepts 1 parameter: session_id. Required: session_id. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the SpaceMolt MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for espionage: 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 SpaceMolt. Nothing to install.
espionage is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the espionage 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 espionage. 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.
espionage is provided by the SpaceMolt MCP server (https://game.spacemolt.com/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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