Respond with text to a prompt using the Pollinations Text API. User-configured settings in MCP config will be used as defaults unless specifically overridden.
AI agents invoke respondText to trigger actions in MCPollinations Multimodal MCP Server. 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.
This tool invokes an external third-party API (Pollinations Text API) to generate text responses. While it doesn't modify local data, it executes an external operation whose effects depend on the prompt arguments passed. It falls under Execute rather than Read because it is generative/computational rather than simply retrieving existing data.
From the tool's definition 'Respond with text to a prompt using the Pollinations Text API' — triggers an external API call to generate content
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access respondText gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCPollinations Multimodal MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for respondText:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"respondText": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "respondtext_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 10,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}respondText stays usable, but rate-capped — a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Respond with text to a prompt using the Pollinations Text API. User-configured settings in MCP config will be used as defaults unless specifically overridden. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the MCPollinations Multimodal MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Register the MCPollinations Multimodal MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for respondText: 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 MCPollinations Multimodal MCP Server. Nothing to install.
respondText is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the respondText 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 respondText. 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.
respondText is provided by the MCPollinations Multimodal MCP Server MCP server (pinkpixel-dev/mcpollinations). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 9 MCPollinations Multimodal MCP Server tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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