Configure network service filter schedule (active days and time ranges). Format: days as 7-digit string (Sun-Sat, 1=active), times in HHMM format (e.g., 0800 for 8:00 AM)
AI agents use set_network_service_filter_schedule to create or update resources in ASUS Merlin Router MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your ASUS Merlin Router MCP Server environment.
This tool creates or modifies network filter schedules on the router without permanently deleting data. The schedule can be updated or disabled later, making it Write rather than Destructive. While it affects network access policies (high impact on users), it remains a configuration change.
From the tool's definition Tool 'set_network_service_filter_schedule' modifies network filtering configuration by setting active days and time ranges, which are reversible changes to the router's parental control or content filtering rules.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access set_network_service_filter_schedule gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and ASUS Merlin Router MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for set_network_service_filter_schedule:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"set_network_service_filter_schedule": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "set_network_service_filter_schedule_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}set_network_service_filter_schedule 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.
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Configure network service filter schedule (active days and time ranges). Format: days as 7-digit string (Sun-Sat, 1=active), times in HHMM format (e.g., 0800 for 8:00 AM). It is categorised as a Write tool in the ASUS Merlin Router MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the ASUS Merlin Router MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for set_network_service_filter_schedule: 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 ASUS Merlin Router MCP Server. Nothing to install.
set_network_service_filter_schedule is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the set_network_service_filter_schedule 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 set_network_service_filter_schedule. 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.
set_network_service_filter_schedule is provided by the ASUS Merlin Router MCP Server MCP server (kcsoukup/asus-merlin-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from ASUS Merlin Router MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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