commands

What commands does on OpenClaw

AI agents call commands to retrieve information from OpenClaw without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why commands is rated Low

This is a read-only informational tool that enumerates or retrieves command metadata. It has no side effects, does not execute code, does not modify data, and does not commit financial or destructive operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an AI agent listing commands cannot cause harm beyond gaining knowledge of what commands exist.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'commands' and description 'List available commands' indicate a query/listing operation that retrieves information about available commands without modifying, executing, or deleting anything.

The rule that runs commands safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and OpenClaw, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For commands, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "commands": {}
  }
}

Questions about commands