AI agents call validate_rules to retrieve information from Run Iq without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs read-only validation checks on rule configurations. It inspects properties (structure, checksum, parameters, fields) and reports validity status, but does not create, modify, delete, execute code, move money, or trigger side effects. The operation is purely analytical and has no persistent impact on the system state.
From the tool's definition The tool name is 'validate_rules' and the description states it 'validate[s] the structure, checksum, model params, and plugin-specific fields' of rules.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Validate the structure, checksum, model params, and plugin-specific fields of Run-IQ rules. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Run Iq MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Run Iq MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for validate_rules: 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 Run Iq. Nothing to install.
validate_rules is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the validate_rules 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 validate_rules. 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.
validate_rules is provided by the Run Iq MCP server (run-iq/mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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