Add a plant to the FarmBot garden. Coordinates in millimeters. Optionally pass an OpenFarm slug for crop info. Common follow-ups: - After it sprouts: farmbot_update_plant({id, plant_stage:
AI agents use farmbot_add_plant to create or update resources in Farmbot Agent — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Farmbot Agent environment.
This tool creates a new plant record in the garden database with coordinates and optional crop metadata. It is reversible (plants can be deleted or updated later) and has no destructive or hardware-execution side effects. Adding a plant entry is a standard Write operation with minimal blast radius—worst case, extraneous plant records are created, which is easily remedied by deletion.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'farmbot_add_plant' and description 'Add a plant to the FarmBot garden' indicate creation of a new record.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Add a plant to the FarmBot garden. Coordinates in millimeters. Optionally pass an OpenFarm slug for crop info. Common follow-ups: - After it sprouts: farmbot_update_plant({id, plant_stage:. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Farmbot Agent MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Farmbot Agent MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for farmbot_add_plant: 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 Farmbot Agent. Nothing to install.
farmbot_add_plant 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 farmbot_add_plant 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 farmbot_add_plant. 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.
farmbot_add_plant is provided by the Farmbot Agent MCP server (kieranklaassen/farmbot-agent-cli-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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