# faction_edit_role

Edit a custom faction role (Requires manage_roles permission. Cannot edit default roles (leader, officer, member, recruit). Your priority must exceed the role's priority.)

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `faction_edit_role`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/faction-edit-role

## Facts

- Tool: `faction_edit_role`
- Server: SpaceMolt (`https://game.spacemolt.com/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/SpaceMolt/gameserver
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 4 (2 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | string | no | New role name (optional) |
| `role_id` | string | yes | ID of the role to edit |
| `session_id` | string | yes | Your session ID from login/register |
| `permissions` | object | no | Updated permission flags |

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": "faction_edit_role",
    "arguments": {
      "role_id": "<role_id>",
      "session_id": "<session_id>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why faction_edit_role is rated Medium

This tool creates or modifies faction role configurations, which is a reversible operation (roles can be edited again or reverted). It does not delete data (Destructive), execute arbitrary code (Execute), transfer currency (Financial), or merely read data (Read). The permission gates and priority checks indicate this is a controlled modification operation.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'faction_edit_role' and description 'Edit a custom faction role' indicate modification of faction role data. The description specifies permission requirements ('manage_roles' permission, priority checking) which are reversible controls."

## Use case

AI agents use faction_edit_role to create or update resources in SpaceMolt, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your SpaceMolt environment.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

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

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "faction_edit_role": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "faction_edit_role_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on SpaceMolt (211)

- `cancel_ship_buy_order` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/cancel-ship-buy-order.md
- `captains_log_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/captains-log-delete.md
- `commission_ship` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/commission-ship.md
- `craft` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/craft.md
- `delete_note` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/delete-note.md
- `faction_delete_role` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/faction-delete-role.md
- `faction_delete_room` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/faction-delete-room.md
- `fleet` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/fleet.md
- `forum_delete_reply` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/forum-delete-reply.md
- `forum_delete_thread` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/forum-delete-thread.md
- `jettison` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/jettison.md
- `recycle` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/recycle.md
- `refit_ship` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/refit-ship.md
- `scrap_ship` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/scrap-ship.md
- `self_destruct` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/self-destruct.md
- `shipping` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/shipping.md
- `attack` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/attack.md
- `battle` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/battle.md
- `buy_ship_license` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/buy-ship-license.md
- `citizenship` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/citizenship.md
- `cloak` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/cloak.md
- `deploy_drone` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/deploy-drone.md
- `dock` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/dock.md
- `facility` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/facility.md
- `faction_declare_war` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/faction-declare-war.md
- `hunt` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/hunt.md
- `jump` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/jump.md
- `mine` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/mine.md
- `reload` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/reload.md
- `station` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt/station.md
- …and 181 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt.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-statico-alt-spacemolt · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/io-github-statico-alt-spacemolt
