High-risk tools in Cortex MCP
7 of the 42 tools in Cortex MCP 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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cortex_ask_humanExecuteForce pause, queue a question for human, block until answered via POST /api/human-answer
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cortex_auto_healExecuteAuto-detect and fix broken files, failed tests, and other issues. Returns list of healed items.
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cortex_confirm_destructiveExecuteBlock dangerous actions until human confirms. Shows red modal in dashboard. Falls back to terminal if no dashboard.
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cortex_healthExecuteCheck DB integrity, missing tests, open issues, broken files. Auto-repairs common problems.
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cortex_pipeline_pauseExecutePause the currently running pipeline.
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cortex_pipeline_resumeExecuteResume a paused pipeline.
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cortex_pipeline_startExecuteStart an autonomous pipeline from a goal. Breaks goal into tasks, executes them, auto-retries failures.
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.