# select_nested_items

Select inside groups, as the Direct Selection and Group Selection tools do: children (the items directly inside each target group), all (every object inside the target groups at any depth, not the groups themselves) or parent (the group that holds each target, one level up). The selection is replaced

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `select_nested_items`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/select-nested-items

## Facts

- Tool: `select_nested_items`
- Server: Adobe Mcp Illustrator (`adobe-mcp-illustrator`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator.md
- Install: `npx -y adobe-mcp-illustrator`
- Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/adobe-mcp-illustrator
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "select_nested_items",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why select_nested_items is rated Medium

An AI agent can call select_nested_items faster than any human can review: one bad instruction and it creates or modifies resources in Adobe Mcp Illustrator by the hundred, each call as confident as the last.

Risk signals: Bulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets

## Use case

AI agents use select_nested_items to create or update resources in Adobe Mcp Illustrator, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Adobe Mcp Illustrator environment.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Adobe Mcp Illustrator:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "select_nested_items": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "select_nested_items_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Adobe Mcp Illustrator (305)

- `adjust_text` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/adjust-text.md
- `clean_up` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/clean-up.md
- `delete_artboard` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/delete-artboard.md
- `delete_data_sets` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/delete-data-sets.md
- `delete_empty_artboards` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/delete-empty-artboards.md
- `delete_graphic_styles` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/delete-graphic-styles.md
- `delete_items` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/delete-items.md
- `delete_layer` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/delete-layer.md
- `delete_swatches` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/delete-swatches.md
- `delete_symbols` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/delete-symbols.md
- `delete_text_styles` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/delete-text-styles.md
- `delete_variables` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/delete-variables.md
- `flatten_transparency` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/flatten-transparency.md
- `overprint_black` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/overprint-black.md
- `remove_assets` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/remove-assets.md
- `remove_from_clipping_mask` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/remove-from-clipping-mask.md
- `reset_bounding_box` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/reset-bounding-box.md
- `reset_fill_stroke` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/reset-fill-stroke.md
- `thread_text_frames` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/thread-text-frames.md
- `unload_actions` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/unload-actions.md
- `execute_illustrator_code` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/execute-illustrator-code.md
- `execute_menu_command` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/execute-menu-command.md
- `new_from_template` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/new-from-template.md
- `organize_layers` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/organize-layers.md
- `path_operation` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/path-operation.md
- `place_image` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/place-image.md
- `play_action` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/play-action.md
- `repeat_transform` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/repeat-transform.md
- `run_batch` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/run-batch.md
- `run_image_command` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/run-image-command.md
- …and 275 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=adobe-mcp-illustrator · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/adobe-mcp-illustrator