update_prompt_version

What update_prompt_version does on Portkey Admin

AI agents use update_prompt_version 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 update_prompt_version is rated Medium

This tool modifies prompt configuration data within the Portkey system. It falls into the Write category because it creates or modifies data reversibly rather than executing code, deleting data, or moving money. The severity is medium because unauthorized updates to prompts could affect AI model behavior and outputs across dependent applications, but the change is not destructive and could theoretically be undone.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'update_prompt_version' and description 'Update a specific prompt version' indicate modification of existing data. The operation is reversible (can be updated again or rolled back to previous versions).

The rule that runs update_prompt_version 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 update_prompt_version, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "update_prompt_version": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "update_prompt_version_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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