candidate.promote

Promote an accepted scene using its passed evaluation and supersede the baseline.

SERVERVisionmcp SOURCEjoshuahickscorp/visionmcp

Low RISK CLASS

Category Read

Parameters 00 required

Recommended Allowedsee the rule below

Registry record Grade F, identity unverified Pull the record →

This record as markdown: /tools/visionmcp/candidate.promote.md

WHAT IT DOES

What candidate.promote does on Visionmcp

AI agents call candidate.promote to retrieve information from Visionmcp without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

RISK

Why candidate.promote is rated Low

Even though candidate.promote only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.

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RECOMMENDED RULE

The rule that runs candidate.promote safely

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

candidate.promote Allowed

candidate.promote is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

View as policy code

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "candidate.promote": {}
  }
}

ALLOW ONLY THIS TOOL → Instant setup, no code required.

The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Visionmcp, apply this rule, and every candidate.promote call is checked against it from then on.

FAQ

Questions about candidate.promote

What does the candidate.promote tool do? +

Promote an accepted scene using its passed evaluation and supersede the baseline. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Visionmcp MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on candidate.promote? +

Register the Vision MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for candidate.promote: 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 Visionmcp. Nothing to install.

What risk level is candidate.promote? +

candidate.promote is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit candidate.promote? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the candidate.promote 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 candidate.promote completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for candidate.promote. 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 candidate.promote? +

candidate.promote is provided by the Vision MCP server (joshuahickscorp/visionmcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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