# resolve_animate_object

Complete a declared Animate Object cast on one positioned inanimate object within 30ft. Enforces the one-cubic-foot-per-cleric-level ceiling and creates the exact Small, Medium, or Large animated-object combat profile from the OSRIC GM Guide. The referee must choose size with weight and shape in mind and identify the material as wood, stone, or metal for the printed example AC.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `resolve_animate_object`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/torch-to-crown/resolve-animate-object

## Facts

- Tool: `resolve_animate_object`
- 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": "resolve_animate_object",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why resolve_animate_object is rated Medium

An AI agent can call resolve_animate_object 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 resolve_animate_object 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": {
    "resolve_animate_object": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "resolve_animate_object_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

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