Send a photo via Telegram bot. Args: chat_id: Chat ID or @username. photo_url: URL of the photo to send. caption: Optional caption text.
AI agents use telegram_send_photo to create or update resources in autoMate — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your autoMate environment.
This is a Write action because it creates new content (a message with photo) in an external system (Telegram). It is reversible in the sense that the message can be deleted, but the send action itself is committed.
From the tool's definition The tool sends data (a photo) to an external service (Telegram) via a bot, creating a message side effect.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access telegram_send_photo gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and autoMate, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for telegram_send_photo:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"telegram_send_photo": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "telegram_send_photo_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}telegram_send_photo stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Send a photo via Telegram bot. Args: chat_id: Chat ID or @username. photo_url: URL of the photo to send. caption: Optional caption text. It is categorised as a Write tool in the autoMate MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the autoMate MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for telegram_send_photo: 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 autoMate. Nothing to install.
telegram_send_photo 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 telegram_send_photo 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 telegram_send_photo. 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.
telegram_send_photo is provided by the autoMate MCP server (yuruotong1/automate). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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