Generates a random number
AI agents call random_number to retrieve information from Utility MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool merely generates and returns a random number. It has no capacity to modify state, execute arbitrary code, delete data, or affect financial systems. It is a pure computational function with no external side effects, making it a Read category operation with minimal security risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name: 'random_number'. Description: 'Generates a random number'. The tool retrieves/generates data with no side effects, no data modification, no code execution, and no destructive or financial implications.
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Generates a random number. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Utility MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Utility MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for random_number: 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 Utility MCP Server. Nothing to install.
random_number 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 random_number 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 random_number. 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.
random_number is provided by the Utility MCP Server MCP server (lakshyakumar/typescript-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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