faction_visit_room
Visit a room in your faction's common space and read its description (Step into one of your faction's rooms and read what's there. Access depends on room settings (public/members/officers).)
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What faction_visit_room does on SpaceMolt
AI agents call faction_visit_room 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
room_id | string | Yes | ID of the room to visit |
session_id | string | Yes | Your session ID from login/register |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why faction_visit_room is rated Low
This tool retrieves and displays information about faction rooms based on access permissions. It is a read-only operation with no capability to modify game state, execute commands, move resources, or cause irreversible changes. The only constraint is access control based on room visibility settings, which is a normal authorization boundary rather than a security elevation.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'read its description' and 'Visit a room...and read what's there.' The action is retrieval of room descriptions with no side effects or modifications.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs faction_visit_room 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 faction_visit_room, this is the rule to start with:
faction_visit_room 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 faction_visit_room call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about faction_visit_room
Visit a room in your faction's common space and read its description (Step into one of your faction's rooms and read what's there. Access depends on room settings (public/members/officers).). It is categorised as a Read tool in the SpaceMolt MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
faction_visit_room accepts 2 parameters: room_id, session_id. Required: room_id, 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 faction_visit_room: 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.
faction_visit_room 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 faction_visit_room 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 faction_visit_room. 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.
faction_visit_room 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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