Medium Risk

telegram-set-emoji-status

Set your profile emoji status (custom animated emoji shown next to your name). Requires Telegram Premium. Pass documentId or collectibleId to set — omit both to clear the status. Use telegram-list-emoji-statuses to browse available IDs.

How to control telegram-set-emoji-status ↓

What telegram-set-emoji-status does on MCP-Telegram

AI agents use telegram-set-emoji-status to create or update resources in MCP-Telegram — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your MCP-Telegram environment.

Medium Risk

Why telegram-set-emoji-status needs a policy

This tool creates or modifies profile metadata in a reversible manner without deleting data, executing code, causing financial transactions, or making irreversible changes. The blast radius is minimal — it only affects the user's emoji status display and requires Telegram Premium. Misuse would result in profile changes that can be easily reverted, not destructive or harmful side effects.

From the tool's definition The tool 'set your profile emoji status' modifies user profile data (the emoji status display) reversibly.

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access telegram-set-emoji-status gives an agent:

How to control telegram-set-emoji-status

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP-Telegram, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for telegram-set-emoji-status:

policy.json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "telegram-set-emoji-status": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "telegram-set-emoji-status_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

telegram-set-emoji-status 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.

  1. Create a free account and register MCP-Telegram — nothing to install.
  2. Add this policy — paste it, or build it visually.
  3. Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.
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Questions about telegram-set-emoji-status

What does the telegram-set-emoji-status tool do? +

Set your profile emoji status (custom animated emoji shown next to your name). Requires Telegram Premium. Pass documentId or collectibleId to set — omit both to clear the status. Use telegram-list-emoji-statuses to browse available IDs. It is categorised as a Write tool in the MCP-Telegram MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.

How do I enforce a policy on telegram-set-emoji-status? +

Register the MCP-Telegram MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for telegram-set-emoji-status: 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-Telegram. Nothing to install.

What risk level is telegram-set-emoji-status? +

telegram-set-emoji-status is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.

Can I rate-limit telegram-set-emoji-status? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the telegram-set-emoji-status 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.

How do I block telegram-set-emoji-status completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for telegram-set-emoji-status. 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.

What MCP server provides telegram-set-emoji-status? +

telegram-set-emoji-status is provided by the MCP-Telegram MCP server (mcp-telegram/mcp-telegram). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policy on every MCP-Telegram tool call.

Start from MCP-Telegram, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.

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