AI agents call ai_translate to retrieve information from Onion without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Translation is a stateless, read-only operation that processes input without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing external commands. The tool retrieves/transforms data only; it does not modify any underlying system, database, or external resources. This qualifies as Read category with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'ai_translate' and description indicate it translates text to a target language with automatic source language detection.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
将文本翻译为目标语言。自动检测源语言，. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Onion MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Onion MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for ai_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 Onion. Nothing to install.
ai_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 ai_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 ai_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.
ai_translate is provided by the Onion MCP server (onion-ai/mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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