Medium Risk

rate_connection

Rate a connection you made through Mingle. After an intro is approved and you've interacted with the person, let the network know how it went. This helps improve matching for everyone.

Part of the Mingle — AI-Powered Professional Networking MCP server. Enforce policies on this tool with Intercept, the open-source MCP proxy.

mingle-mcp Write Risk 2/5

AI agents use rate_connection to create or modify resources in Mingle — AI-Powered Professional Networking. 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 rate_connection repeatedly, creating or modifying resources faster than any human could review. Intercept's rate limiting ensures write operations happen at a controlled pace, and argument validation catches malformed or unexpected inputs before they reach Mingle — AI-Powered Professional Networking.

Write tools can modify data. A rate limit prevents runaway bulk operations from AI agents.

mingle-ai-powered-professional-networking.yaml
tools:
  rate_connection:
    rules:
      - action: allow
        rate_limit:
          max: 30
          window: 60

See the full Mingle — AI-Powered Professional Networking policy for all 7 tools.

Tool Name rate_connection
Category Write
Risk Level Medium

Agents calling write-class tools like rate_connection have been implicated in these attack patterns. Read the full case and prevention policy for each:

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Other tools in the Write risk category across the catalogue. The same policy patterns (rate-limit, validate) apply to each.

What does the rate_connection tool do? +

Rate a connection you made through Mingle. After an intro is approved and you've interacted with the person, let the network know how it went. This helps improve matching for everyone.. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Mingle — AI-Powered Professional Networking MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.

How do I enforce a policy on rate_connection? +

Add a rule in your Intercept YAML policy under the tools section for rate_connection. You can allow, deny, rate-limit, or validate arguments. Then run Intercept as a proxy in front of the Mingle — AI-Powered Professional Networking MCP server.

What risk level is rate_connection? +

rate_connection is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.

Can I rate-limit rate_connection? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the rate_connection rule in your Intercept 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 rate_connection completely? +

Set action: deny in the Intercept policy for rate_connection. 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 rate_connection? +

rate_connection is provided by the Mingle — AI-Powered Professional Networking MCP server (mingle-mcp). Intercept sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policies on Mingle — AI-Powered Professional Networking

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npx -y @policylayer/intercept
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