AI agents invoke unstick_session to trigger actions in Claude Code Toolkit. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call — builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.
The tool name and partial description suggest it performs an operational action (resuming, resetting, or forcibly recovering a stalled session), which constitutes triggering an external operation. The description is cut off, reducing confidence. Severity is medium as misuse could disrupt active sessions, but it is unlikely to be destructive or financial in nature.
From the tool's definition "Unstick a Claude Code session that" — description is truncated and uninformative beyond implying intervention on a stuck/hung session
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access unstick_session gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Claude Code Toolkit, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for unstick_session:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"unstick_session": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "unstick_session_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 10,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
} unstick_session stays usable, but rate-capped — a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Unstick a Claude Code session that. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the Claude Code Toolkit MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Register the Claude Code Toolkit MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for unstick_session: 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 Claude Code Toolkit. Nothing to install.
unstick_session is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the unstick_session 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 unstick_session. 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.
unstick_session is provided by the Claude Code Toolkit MCP server (asifkibria/claude-code-toolkit). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Claude Code Toolkit, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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