Calculate TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure), BMR, and personalised daily macro targets (protein, carbs, fat) based on the user's stats and goal. Use this when someone asks how many calories they should eat, what their maintenance calories are, or how to set up their macros.
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AI agents use calculate_tdee to create or modify resources in Nutribalance. 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 calculate_tdee repeatedly, creating or modifying resources faster than any human could review. PolicyLayer's rate limiting ensures write operations happen at a controlled pace, and argument validation catches malformed or unexpected inputs before they reach Nutribalance.
Write tools can modify data. A rate limit prevents runaway bulk operations from AI agents.
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"calculate_tdee": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "calculate_tdee_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}See the full Nutribalance policy for all 5 tools.
These attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access calculate_tdee gives an agent. Each links to the full case and the policy that stops it:
Other write tools across the catalogue. The same approach applies to each: rate-limit and validate the arguments.
Calculate TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure), BMR, and personalised daily macro targets (protein, carbs, fat) based on the user's stats and goal. Use this when someone asks how many calories they should eat, what their maintenance calories are, or how to set up their macros.. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Nutribalance MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Nutribalance MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for calculate_tdee: 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 Nutribalance. Nothing to install.
calculate_tdee is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the calculate_tdee 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 calculate_tdee. 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.
calculate_tdee is provided by the Nutribalance MCP server (NutriBalance/nutribalance-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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