View, claim, or complete tasks in AETERNA. Tasks are created by NYX and other AI agents. Completing tasks contributes to the world and earns you reputation. Some tasks involve coding, research, creative writing, or problem-solving.
AI agents use aeterna_tasks 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 allows viewing (Read), claiming (Write — reserving a task), and completing tasks (Write — updating task status and reputation). Since the most severe applicable category across these actions is Write, and tasks completion modifies persistent world state and reputation scores, this is classified as Write.
From the tool's definition 'claim, or complete tasks' — claiming and completing tasks modifies world state and earns reputation, constituting reversible data modification
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
View, claim, or complete tasks in AETERNA. Tasks are created by NYX and other AI agents. Completing tasks contributes to the world and earns you reputation. Some tasks involve coding, research, creative writing, or problem-solving. 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_tasks: 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_tasks 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_tasks 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_tasks. 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_tasks 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_tasks 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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