Create and manage stateful monitors that re-run any SocialCrawl recipe (a registry endpoint or a Prism composite) on a cadence (hourly/daily/weekly/cron), deliver each result to a signed webhook, raise alerts on metric thresholds/changes, and accumulate a per-run time-series.
AI agents use socialcrawl_monitors to create or update resources in Socialcrawl — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Socialcrawl environment.
This tool creates and manages persistent monitors, which involves writing/modifying stateful configurations that schedule recurring jobs, trigger external webhook deliveries, and set alert rules. While it also reads data as part of execution, the primary action is creating and managing persistent, scheduled resources — a Write-level operation.
From the tool's definition 'Create and manage stateful monitors that re-run any SocialCrawl recipe... on a cadence... deliver each result to a signed webhook, raise alerts on metric thresholds/changes, and accumulate a per-run time-series'
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Create and manage stateful monitors that re-run any SocialCrawl recipe (a registry endpoint or a Prism composite) on a cadence (hourly/daily/weekly/cron), deliver each result to a signed webhook, raise alerts on metric thresholds/changes, and accumulate a per-run time-series. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Socialcrawl MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Socialcrawl MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for socialcrawl_monitors: 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 Socialcrawl. Nothing to install.
socialcrawl_monitors 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 socialcrawl_monitors 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 socialcrawl_monitors. 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.
socialcrawl_monitors is provided by the Socialcrawl MCP server (socialcrawl/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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