Translate text. NOTE: no translation provider currently configured.
AI agents call translate to retrieve information from Nexus Core without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Translation is a read-only operation that processes input text and returns transformed output without persistent state changes, data modification, or external system effects. The note about no provider being configured further confirms this is a benign utility. Severity is low because even if misused, translation cannot cause harm—it merely processes text.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Translate text' with no side effects described. Translation is a text processing operation that retrieves or queries a language model's capabilities without creating, modifying, or deleting data.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Translate text. NOTE: no translation provider currently configured. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Nexus Core MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Nexus Core MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for translate: 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 Nexus Core. Nothing to install.
translate 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 translate 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 translate. 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.
translate is provided by the Nexus Core MCP server (noumenon-ai/nexus-core). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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Type a name, get the same breakdown: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, capabilities, recommended policy.
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