# target

Run id, index, or session key

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `target`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/target

## Facts

- Tool: `target`
- Server: OpenClaw (`openclaw`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw.md
- Install: `npx -y openclaw`
- Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/openclaw
- Risk category: Execute (High risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity verified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "target",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why target is rated High

This tool executes operations rather than merely reading data. While the description is terse and somewhat ambiguous, the use of "Run" as the primary verb signals that this tool triggers external operations or code execution. Without destructive operations being explicitly mentioned and without financial implications, Execute is the appropriate category.

From the tool's own definition: "'Run id, index, or session key' indicates execution of operations identified by id, index, or session key."

## Use case

AI agents invoke target to trigger actions in OpenClaw. 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.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches OpenClaw:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "target": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "target_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 10,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on OpenClaw (128)

- `drop` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/drop.md
- `reset` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/reset.md
- `uninstall` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/uninstall.md
- `abort` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/abort.md
- `acp` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/acp.md
- `action` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/action.md
- `agent` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/agent.md
- `auth` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/auth.md
- `bash` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/bash.md
- `browser` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/browser.md
- `capability` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/capability.md
- `chat` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/chat.md
- `command` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/command.md
- `completion` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/completion.md
- `crestodian` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/crestodian.md
- `cron` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/cron.md
- `daemon` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/daemon.md
- `doctor` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/doctor.md
- `elevated` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/elevated.md
- `events_wait` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/events-wait.md
- `gateway` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/gateway.md
- `infer` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/infer.md
- `new` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/new.md
- `node` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/node.md
- `nodes` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/nodes.md
- `permissions_respond` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/permissions-respond.md
- `phone` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/phone.md
- `plugins` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/plugins.md
- `proxy` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/proxy.md
- `qa` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw/qa.md
- …and 98 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/openclaw.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=openclaw · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/openclaw