Add a widget (analytics, events, crashes, drill, SDK, cohorts, formulas, push, funnels, revenue, times-of-day, retention, users, or note) to a dashboard via /i/dashboards/add-widget. Requires the dashboards plugin. The widget object must be complete for its widget_type; see the widget.description...
Part of the Countly MCP server. Enforce policies on this tool with Intercept, the open-source MCP proxy.
AI agents use dashboards_widget_add to create or modify resources in Countly. 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 dashboards_widget_add repeatedly, creating or modifying resources faster than any human could review. Intercept's rate limiting ensures write operations happen at a controlled pace, and argument validation catches malformed or unexpected inputs before they reach Countly.
Write tools can modify data. A rate limit prevents runaway bulk operations from AI agents.
tools:
dashboards_widget_add:
rules:
- action: allow
rate_limit:
max: 30
window: 60See the full Countly policy for all 127 tools.
Agents calling write-class tools like dashboards_widget_add have been implicated in these attack patterns. Read the full case and prevention policy for each:
Other tools in the Write risk category across the catalogue. The same policy patterns (rate-limit, validate) apply to each.
Add a widget (analytics, events, crashes, drill, SDK, cohorts, formulas, push, funnels, revenue, times-of-day, retention, users, or note) to a dashboard via /i/dashboards/add-widget. Requires the dashboards plugin. The widget object must be complete for its widget_type; see the widget.description examples.. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Countly MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Add a rule in your Intercept YAML policy under the tools section for dashboards_widget_add. You can allow, deny, rate-limit, or validate arguments. Then run Intercept as a proxy in front of the Countly MCP server.
dashboards_widget_add 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 dashboards_widget_add rule in your Intercept 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 Intercept policy for dashboards_widget_add. 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.
dashboards_widget_add is provided by the Countly MCP server (countly-mcp-server). Intercept sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic policy on every MCP tool call. Per-identity grants. Full audit log.