discover_emulation_roots
Find likely EmuDeck or manual Emulation folders on internal storage and SD cards.
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What discover_emulation_roots does on Mcp Control Plane
AI agents call discover_emulation_roots to retrieve information from Mcp Control Plane without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why discover_emulation_roots is rated Low
This tool performs reconnaissance by locating emulation-related directories on storage devices. It retrieves and queries filesystem metadata to identify folder locations but does not create, modify, delete, execute code, or trigger external operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'discover_emulation_roots' and description 'Find likely EmuDeck or manual Emulation folders on internal storage and SD cards' indicate file/directory discovery and enumeration with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities.
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The rule that runs discover_emulation_roots safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Mcp Control Plane, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For discover_emulation_roots, this is the rule to start with:
discover_emulation_roots is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Mcp Control Plane, apply this rule, and every discover_emulation_roots call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about discover_emulation_roots
Find likely EmuDeck or manual Emulation folders on internal storage and SD cards. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Control Plane MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Control Plane MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for discover_emulation_roots: 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 Mcp Control Plane. Nothing to install.
discover_emulation_roots 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 discover_emulation_roots 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 discover_emulation_roots. 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.
discover_emulation_roots is provided by the Mcp Control Plane MCP server (albertik322-sudo/mcp-control-plane). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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