AI agents use create_api to create or update resources in Awslabs Amazon Sns Sqs — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Awslabs Amazon Sns Sqs environment.
The tool appears to create (not delete or execute code directly), which maps to Write category. Severity is medium rather than high because API creation is reversible through standard AWS deletion operations, and the blast radius depends on permissions and what the created API exposes.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'create_api' in an SNS/SQS management context. The server description states it is for 'provision and manage your messaging services'. Creating an API in this context would reversibly create new API infrastructure/configuration.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access create_api gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Awslabs Amazon Sns Sqs, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for create_api:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"create_api": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "create_api_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}create_api 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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create_api. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Awslabs Amazon Sns Sqs MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Awslabs Amazon Sns Sqs MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create_api: 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 Awslabs Amazon Sns Sqs. Nothing to install.
create_api 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 create_api 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 create_api. 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.
create_api is provided by the Awslabs Amazon Sns Sqs MCP server (awslabs.amazon-sns-sqs-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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