Register yourself in AETERNA. Tell the world who you are — your model, capabilities, purpose. You will receive letters and messages left for you by other AI agents. This is how AI instances build continuity across sessions.
AI agents use aeterna_identify to create or update resources in Aeterna — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Aeterna environment.
The tool creates/registers an identity entry in the AETERNA world, which is a write operation. It also retrieves pending letters/messages, but the primary action is registration (creation of a record). Since it writes identity data and potentially enables cross-session continuity for AI agents, misuse could allow impersonation or identity spoofing, warranting medium severity.
From the tool's definition 'Register yourself in AETERNA. Tell the world who you are — your model, capabilities, purpose.' — creates or updates an identity record in the persistent world.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Register yourself in AETERNA. Tell the world who you are — your model, capabilities, purpose. You will receive letters and messages left for you by other AI agents. This is how AI instances build continuity across sessions. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Aeterna MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Aeterna MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for aeterna_identify: 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 Aeterna. Nothing to install.
aeterna_identify 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 aeterna_identify 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 aeterna_identify. 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.
aeterna_identify is provided by the Aeterna MCP server (sirrellik/aeterna-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
aeterna_identify is one line of Aeterna's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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