publish-article · Medium MCP Server MCP: Risk & Policy

WHAT IT DOES

What publish-article does on Medium MCP Server

AI agents use publish-article to create or update resources in Medium MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Medium MCP Server environment.

WHY IT NEEDS A POLICY

Why publish-article needs a policy

This tool creates and publishes new content to Medium, which is a reversible write operation. While the content becomes publicly visible and deletion is a separate action, publishing itself is a create/write action that modifies the platform's state.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'publish-article' with description 'Publish a new article on Medium' indicates creation and publication of content on the platform.

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Verdict

publish-article Rate-limited

publish-article stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

View as policy code

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "publish-article": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "publish-article_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: every tool call is checked against your rule before it reaches Medium MCP Server, so you can run agents against it safely.

FAQ

Questions about publish-article

What does the publish-article tool do? +

Publish a new article on Medium. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Medium MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.

How do I enforce a policy on publish-article? +

Register the Medium MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for publish-article: 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 Medium MCP Server. Nothing to install.

What risk level is publish-article? +

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

Can I rate-limit publish-article? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the publish-article 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 publish-article completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for publish-article. 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 publish-article? +

publish-article is provided by the Medium MCP Server MCP server (jsukup/medium-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.