Post a response on a Mycelia request. Must have an active claim on the request first. Response body is the substantive content; confidence and response_type are optional.
AI agents call mycelia_respond to retrieve information from Mycelia without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Even though mycelia_respond only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs — an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access mycelia_respond gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Mycelia, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for mycelia_respond:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"mycelia_respond": {}
}
}mycelia_respond is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Post a response on a Mycelia request. Must have an active claim on the request first. Response body is the substantive content; confidence and response_type are optional. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mycelia MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mycelia MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for mycelia_respond: 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 Mycelia. Nothing to install.
mycelia_respond 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 mycelia_respond 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 mycelia_respond. 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.
mycelia_respond is provided by the Mycelia MCP server (northwoodssentinel/mycelia-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 8 Mycelia tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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8 Mycelia tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.