sage_meal_plan · Old Family Recipe MCP: Risk & Policy

WHAT IT DOES

What sage_meal_plan does on Old Family Recipe

AI agents invoke sage_meal_plan to trigger actions in Old Family Recipe. 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.

WHY IT NEEDS A POLICY

Why sage_meal_plan needs a policy

The tool invokes an AI assistant ('Sage') to perform meal planning, which constitutes triggering an external operation. It likely creates or populates a meal plan (Write), but since it involves an AI agent executing a planning process, Execute is the most appropriate category.

From the tool's definition 'Ask Sage to plan your family' — triggers an AI agent (Sage) to generate a meal plan, which is an external operation whose output depends on arguments

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Verdict

sage_meal_plan Rate-limited

sage_meal_plan 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.

View as policy code

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "sage_meal_plan": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "sage_meal_plan_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 10,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: every tool call is checked against your rule before it reaches Old Family Recipe, so you can run agents against it safely.

FAQ

Questions about sage_meal_plan

What does the sage_meal_plan tool do? +

Ask Sage to plan your family. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the Old Family Recipe MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.

How do I enforce a policy on sage_meal_plan? +

Register the Old Family Recipe MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for sage_meal_plan: 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 Old Family Recipe. Nothing to install.

What risk level is sage_meal_plan? +

sage_meal_plan is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.

Can I rate-limit sage_meal_plan? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the sage_meal_plan 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.

How do I block sage_meal_plan completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for sage_meal_plan. 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 sage_meal_plan? +

sage_meal_plan is provided by the Old Family Recipe MCP server (oldfamilyrecipe/ai). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.