Use this when the user wants to automate a task to run repeatedly on a schedule. Perfect for weekly reports, daily social media posts, monthly analytics summaries, regular backups, or scheduled content campaigns. Supports flexible schedules like "every Monday at 9am", "daily at noon", or "first d...
Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets
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AI agents use schedule_recurring_task to create or modify resources in Athenic. Write operations carry medium risk because an autonomous agent could trigger bulk unintended modifications. Rate limits prevent a single agent session from making hundreds of changes in rapid succession. Argument validation ensures the agent passes expected values.
Without a policy, an AI agent could call schedule_recurring_task repeatedly, creating or modifying resources faster than any human could review. PolicyLayer's rate limiting ensures write operations happen at a controlled pace, and argument validation catches malformed or unexpected inputs before they reach Athenic.
Write tools can modify data. A rate limit prevents runaway bulk operations from AI agents.
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"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"schedule_recurring_task": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "schedule_recurring_task_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}See the full Athenic policy for all 5 tools.
These attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access schedule_recurring_task gives an agent. Each links to the full case and the policy that stops it:
Other write tools across the catalogue. The same approach applies to each: rate-limit and validate the arguments.
Use this when the user wants to automate a task to run repeatedly on a schedule. Perfect for weekly reports, daily social media posts, monthly analytics summaries, regular backups, or scheduled content campaigns. Supports flexible schedules like "every Monday at 9am", "daily at noon", or "first day of each month". Tasks run automatically without user intervention.. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Athenic MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Athenic MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for schedule_recurring_task: 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 Athenic. Nothing to install.
schedule_recurring_task 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 schedule_recurring_task 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 schedule_recurring_task. 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.
schedule_recurring_task is provided by the Athenic MCP server (maxbeech/athenic). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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