High-risk tools in Mcp Dev
2 of the 19 tools in Mcp Dev are classified as high risk. This page profiles those tools specifically, with recommended policy actions and the attack patterns that target them.
Every operation listed below is an action PolicyLayer recommends controlling at the transport layer. Open any tool to see the full profile, risk score, and YAML policy snippet.
Tools at high risk
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run_testsExecuteRun Jest tests for a service. Returns pass/fail counts and structured failure details with test names and error messages. Optionally scope to a test name pattern.
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run_typecheckExecuteRun TypeScript type-checking (tsc --noEmit) for a service. Returns structured errors with file, line, column, and message. Call after writing code to verify correctness before c...
Attacks that target this class
High-risk tools in any server share these documented attack patterns. Each links to the full case and the defensive policy.