# command_animated_dead

Record one simple command for an active Animate Dead group: follow the creator, or guard a designated location against all creatures with explicit exceptions. Complex plans are rejected unless the caller explicitly confirms that the final instruction is simple enough for lesser undead.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `command_animated_dead`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/command-animated-dead

## Facts

- Tool: `command_animated_dead`
- Server: Torch-to-Crown (`Diogenes187/Torch-to-Crown`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/Diogenes187/Torch-to-Crown
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "command_animated_dead",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why command_animated_dead is rated Medium

An AI agent can call command_animated_dead faster than any human can review: one bad instruction and it creates or modifies resources in Torch-to-Crown by the hundred, each call as confident as the last.

## Use case

AI agents use command_animated_dead to create or update resources in Torch-to-Crown, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Torch-to-Crown environment.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Torch-to-Crown:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "command_animated_dead": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "command_animated_dead_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Torch-to-Crown (450)

- `cast_atonement` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/cast-atonement.md
- `cast_force_motion_magic` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/cast-force-motion-magic.md
- `cast_legend_lore` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/cast-legend-lore.md
- `cast_object_magic` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/cast-object-magic.md
- `cast_residual_transformation_magic` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/cast-residual-transformation-magic.md
- `cast_shape_change` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/cast-shape-change.md
- `change_character_possession` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/change-character-possession.md
- `destroy_plant_door_tree` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/destroy-plant-door-tree.md
- `destroy_snake_stick` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/destroy-snake-stick.md
- `disarm_trap` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/disarm-trap.md
- `force_door` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/force-door.md
- `force_scared_creature_to_fight` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/force-scared-creature-to-fight.md
- `record_familiar_death` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/record-familiar-death.md
- `remove_combatant` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/remove-combatant.md
- `remove_deafness_by_caster` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/remove-deafness-by-caster.md
- `remove_spell_trap` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/remove-spell-trap.md
- `resolve_animate_dead` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/resolve-animate-dead.md
- `stand_up` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/stand-up.md
- `trigger_spell_trap` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/trigger-spell-trap.md
- `use_prismatic_barrier` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/use-prismatic-barrier.md
- `use_read_magic` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/use-read-magic.md
- `cast_manifestation_illusion` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/cast-manifestation-illusion.md
- `cast_spell_trap` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/cast-spell-trap.md
- `cast_time_stop` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/cast-time-stop.md
- `deploy_aerial_servant` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/deploy-aerial-servant.md
- `start_combat` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/start-combat.md
- `start_wandering_combat` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/start-wandering-combat.md
- `trigger_arcane_symbol` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/trigger-arcane-symbol.md
- `trigger_cleric_symbol` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/trigger-cleric-symbol.md
- `trigger_drain_glyph` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/trigger-drain-glyph.md
- …and 420 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=torch-to-crown · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/torch-to-crown