AI agents invoke run_text_eval to trigger actions in Azure AI Agent Service MCP Server. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call — builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.
Despite the empty description reducing confidence, the tool name 'run_text_eval' and its position among execution-oriented siblings (execute_dynamic_swagger_action, agent_query_and_evaluate) indicates it executes evaluation logic on text data. This is an Execute-category action—it triggers external operations whose effects depend on the evaluated content.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'run_text_eval' indicates execution of evaluation logic. Empty description limits certainty, but the context of an AI Agent Service platform combined with sibling tools like 'agent_query_and_evaluate', 'execute_dynamic_swagger_action', and…
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access run_text_eval gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Azure AI Agent Service MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for run_text_eval:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"run_text_eval": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "run_text_eval_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 10,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
} run_text_eval stays usable, but rate-capped — a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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run_text_eval. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the Azure AI Agent Service MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Register the Azure AI Agent Service MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for run_text_eval: 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 Azure AI Agent Service MCP Server. Nothing to install.
run_text_eval is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the run_text_eval 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 run_text_eval. 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.
run_text_eval is provided by the Azure AI Agent Service MCP Server MCP server (microsoft-foundry/mcp-foundry). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Azure AI Agent Service MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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