Create a credential on the XRP Ledger. The issuer creates credentials to attest facts about a subject account (e.g., KYC verification, accreditation status). The credential must be accepted by the subject to become valid.
AI agents use credential-create to create or update resources in Xrpl mcp — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Xrpl mcp environment.
This tool creates new credential objects on the XRP Ledger, modifying the ledger state by adding attestation records. While credentials require acceptance to become fully valid, the act of creation itself represents a write operation that persists data to the ledger.
From the tool's definition Tool explicitly described as 'Create a credential on the XRP Ledger' — creates a new on-ledger object that attests facts about an account. This is a reversible write operation.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access credential-create gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Xrpl mcp, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for credential-create:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"credential-create": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "credential-create_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}credential-create stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Create a credential on the XRP Ledger. The issuer creates credentials to attest facts about a subject account (e.g., KYC verification, accreditation status). The credential must be accepted by the subject to become valid. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Xrpl mcp MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Xrpl MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for credential-create: 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 Xrpl mcp. Nothing to install.
credential-create is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the credential-create 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 credential-create. 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.
credential-create is provided by the Xrpl MCP server (romthpt/mcp-xrpl). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Xrpl mcp, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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