Place a refundable security deposit with another wallet. The deposit is returned if terms are met, or forfeited if you violate the agreement.
AI agents use place_deposit 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.
This tool directly moves funds (deposits money to another wallet) and creates financial obligations. Even though the deposit is conditionally refundable, the act of placing a deposit is a financial commitment that transfers control of funds. The high severity reflects that an AI agent misusing this could lock up or lose significant funds based on agreement violations.
From the tool's definition The tool places a 'security deposit with another wallet' and involves conditional fund transfers ('returned if terms are met, or forfeited').
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Place a refundable security deposit with another wallet. The deposit is returned if terms are met, or forfeited if you violate the agreement. 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 place_deposit: 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.
place_deposit 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 place_deposit 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 place_deposit. 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.
place_deposit 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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