escrow-finish
Finish an Escrow on the XRP Ledger, releasing funds to the recipient
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What escrow-finish does on Xrpl mcp
AI agents use escrow-finish to commit financial operations through Xrpl mcp, usually the final step of a payment, billing, or trading workflow. A call moves real money.
Why escrow-finish is rated Critical
This tool releases locked funds (XRP) from an escrow to a recipient, which is an irreversible financial transaction on the XRP Ledger. It moves real money/crypto assets, making it Financial category with critical severity since misuse could result in unauthorized release of funds to unintended recipients.
From the tool's definition Finish an Escrow on the XRP Ledger, releasing funds to the recipient
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The rule that runs escrow-finish safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Xrpl mcp, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For escrow-finish, this is the rule to start with:
Any call to escrow-finish is blocked until a human approves it. The rest of the server keeps working.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Xrpl mcp, apply this rule, and every escrow-finish call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about escrow-finish
Finish an Escrow on the XRP Ledger, releasing funds to the recipient. It is categorised as a Financial tool in the Xrpl mcp MCP Server, which means it involves financial transactions. Block by default and require explicit approval.
Register the Xrpl MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for escrow-finish: 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.
escrow-finish 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 escrow-finish 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 escrow-finish. 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.
escrow-finish 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.
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