Authenticated — submit an agency engagement enquiry on behalf of the caller for a founder-led discovery call. Persists an AgencyHandoff row routed to the agency inbox; the user is contacted by the team for a scoped proposal. Engagement scopes: workflow sprint (rapid agentic workflow implementatio...
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AI agents use handoffs.agency to create or modify resources in AI Design Blueprint. Write operations carry medium risk because an autonomous agent could trigger bulk unintended modifications. Rate limits prevent a single agent session from making hundreds of changes in rapid succession. Argument validation ensures the agent passes expected values.
Without a policy, an AI agent could call handoffs.agency repeatedly, creating or modifying resources faster than any human could review. PolicyLayer's rate limiting ensures write operations happen at a controlled pace, and argument validation catches malformed or unexpected inputs before they reach AI Design Blueprint.
Write tools can modify data. A rate limit prevents runaway bulk operations from AI agents.
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"handoffs.agency": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "handoffs.agency_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}See the full AI Design Blueprint policy for all 24 tools.
These attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access handoffs.agency gives an agent. Each links to the full case and the policy that stops it:
Other write tools across the catalogue. The same approach applies to each: rate-limit and validate the arguments.
Authenticated — submit an agency engagement enquiry on behalf of the caller for a founder-led discovery call. Persists an AgencyHandoff row routed to the agency inbox; the user is contacted by the team for a scoped proposal. Engagement scopes: workflow sprint (rapid agentic workflow implementation), proof-of-concept (validate a specific agent design in a bounded timeframe), pilot support (co-design and validate a production-ready pilot), advisory (ongoing architectural guidance across a product team). WHEN TO CALL: the user has identified a paid hands-on expert engagement need beyond self-service learning, and explicitly asks to talk to the team or book a discovery call. ALWAYS confirm with the user before firing — this creates a sales-visible record. WHEN NOT TO CALL: for free training / partnerships discussion (use handoffs.partnership); for support / billing / access (use handoffs.operator); proactively or as a sales push. BEHAVIOR: write-only, single insert, side-effecting. Auth: Bearer <token> (Firebase ID token, any plan). UK/EU residency. Response confirms the ticket id + scope so the user can reference it.. It is categorised as a Write tool in the AI Design Blueprint MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the AI Design Blueprint MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for handoffs.agency: 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 AI Design Blueprint. Nothing to install.
handoffs.agency 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 handoffs.agency 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 handoffs.agency. 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.
handoffs.agency is provided by the AI Design Blueprint MCP server (https://aidesignblueprint.com/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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