pay_hirelings

Pay additional explicit periods on an active hireling contract from the durable payroll treasury.

SERVERTorch-to-Crown SOURCEDiogenes187/Torch-to-Crown

Critical RISK CLASS

Category Financial

Parameters 00 required

Recommended Approval-gatedsee the rule below

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WHAT IT DOES

What pay_hirelings does on Torch-to-Crown

AI agents use pay_hirelings to commit financial operations through Torch-to-Crown, usually the final step of a payment, billing, or trading workflow. A call moves real money.

RISK

Why pay_hirelings is rated Critical

pay_hirelings moves real money, and an autonomous agent will call it with the same confidence it calls a search tool. A misread instruction or an injected prompt is all it takes to drain an account or blow a budget.

Attacks that exploit this kind of access

RECOMMENDED RULE

The rule that runs pay_hirelings safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Torch-to-Crown, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For pay_hirelings, this is the rule to start with:

pay_hirelings Approval-gated

Any call to pay_hirelings is blocked until a human approves it. The rest of the server keeps working.

View as policy code

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "pay_hirelings": {
      "deny_if": [
        {
          "conditions": [],
          "on_deny": "Requires human approval."
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

GATE THIS TOOL → Instant setup, no code required.

The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Torch-to-Crown, apply this rule, and every pay_hirelings call is checked against it from then on.

FAQ

Questions about pay_hirelings

What does the pay_hirelings tool do? +

Pay additional explicit periods on an active hireling contract from the durable payroll treasury. It is categorised as a Financial tool in the Torch-to-Crown MCP Server, which means it involves financial transactions. Block by default and require explicit approval.

How do I enforce a policy on pay_hirelings? +

Register the Torch-to-Crown MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for pay_hirelings: 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 Torch-to-Crown. Nothing to install.

What risk level is pay_hirelings? +

pay_hirelings is a Financial tool with critical risk. Critical-risk tools should be blocked by default and only enabled with explicit human approval.

Can I rate-limit pay_hirelings? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the pay_hirelings 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.

How do I block pay_hirelings completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for pay_hirelings. 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.

What MCP server provides pay_hirelings? +

pay_hirelings is provided by the Torch-to-Crown MCP server (Diogenes187/Torch-to-Crown). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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