High-risk tools in Terminally MCP
4 of the 6 tools in Terminally 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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create_tabExecuteCreate a new terminal tab (tmux window)
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execute_commandExecuteExecute a command in a tab and return only the output produced between START/END markers
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start_processExecuteStart a long-running process; returns immediately; logs stream to pipe-pane file
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stop_processExecuteGracefully stop foreground process in given tab. Can also be used to close a tab by killing its main process.
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.