award_bounty
Award a bounty to a specific submission after reviewing it.
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What award_bounty does on Remit Md MCP Server
AI agents use award_bounty to commit financial operations through Remit Md MCP Server, usually the final step of a payment, billing, or trading workflow. A call moves real money.
Why award_bounty is rated Critical
Awarding a bounty constitutes a financial transaction that moves funds to a recipient. Given the server's context of handling direct payments, escrows, and bounty management, this tool directly triggers a financial obligation or payment. Misuse could result in unauthorized fund disbursement, making it critical severity.
From the tool's definition Award a bounty to a specific submission after reviewing it — directly commits financial payment to a recipient.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs award_bounty safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Remit Md MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For award_bounty, this is the rule to start with:
Any call to award_bounty is blocked until a human approves it. The rest of the server keeps working.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Remit Md MCP Server, apply this rule, and every award_bounty call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about award_bounty
Award a bounty to a specific submission after reviewing it. It is categorised as a Financial tool in the Remit Md MCP Server MCP Server, which means it involves financial transactions. Block by default and require explicit approval.
Register the Remit Md MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for award_bounty: 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 Remit Md MCP Server. Nothing to install.
award_bounty is a Financial tool with critical risk. Critical-risk tools should be blocked by default and only enabled with explicit human approval.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the award_bounty 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 award_bounty. 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.
award_bounty is provided by the Remit Md MCP Server MCP server (pay-skill/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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