promote_prompt
Copy a prompt from one environment to another and create or update the target automatically. Use this for staged releases when you want the target prompt synchronized without manual edits, and it returns both source and target version ids.
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What promote_prompt does on Portkey Admin
AI agents use promote_prompt to create or update resources in Portkey Admin, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Portkey Admin environment.
Why promote_prompt is rated Medium
The tool modifies data by creating or updating prompts in a target environment based on a source prompt. This is a reversible write operation (the changes can be undone by reverting the prompt). It does not delete data (would be Destructive), does not execute arbitrary code (would be Execute), and does not move money (would be Financial).
From the tool's definition Tool performs 'Copy a prompt from one environment to another' and 'create or update the target automatically.' These are modifications to data (creating or updating prompts in target environment).
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The rule that runs promote_prompt safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Portkey Admin, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For promote_prompt, this is the rule to start with:
promote_prompt 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.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Portkey Admin, apply this rule, and every promote_prompt call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about promote_prompt
Copy a prompt from one environment to another and create or update the target automatically. Use this for staged releases when you want the target prompt synchronized without manual edits, and it returns both source and target version ids. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Portkey Admin MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Portkey Admin MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for promote_prompt: 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 Portkey Admin. Nothing to install.
promote_prompt 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 promote_prompt 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 promote_prompt. 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.
promote_prompt is provided by the Portkey Admin MCP server (codeswhat/portkey-admin-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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