Cancel an active monitor by its UUID. The monitor stops firing notifications. Auth required (API key).
AI agents call cancel_monitor to permanently remove resources in MERX - TRON Resource Exchange — typically in cleanup and lifecycle workflows. It does its job in a single call, and there is no undo.
Cancelling a monitor is an irreversible termination of an active monitoring process — once cancelled, the monitor ceases to exist and historical notification state is lost. This is not a simple update/pause (which would be reversible), but a permanent cancellation, placing it in the Destructive category. Severity is medium since it affects monitoring infrastructure but not financial assets or data directly.
From the tool's definition 'Cancel an active monitor by its UUID. The monitor stops firing notifications.'
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Cancel an active monitor by its UUID. The monitor stops firing notifications. Auth required (API key). It is categorised as a Destructive tool in the MERX - TRON Resource Exchange MCP Server, which means it can permanently delete or destroy data. Block by default and require explicit approval.
Register the MERX - TRON Resource Exchange MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for cancel_monitor: 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 MERX - TRON Resource Exchange. Nothing to install.
cancel_monitor is a Destructive tool with critical risk. Critical-risk tools should be blocked by default and only enabled with explicit human approval.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the cancel_monitor 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 cancel_monitor. 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.
cancel_monitor is provided by the MERX - TRON Resource Exchange MCP server (Hovsteder/merx-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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