cutpilot_apply_plan
High-level reviewed apply: execute an explicitly approved built-in AI director or revision plan as one snapshot-protected edit.
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What cutpilot_apply_plan does on Cutpilot
AI agents use cutpilot_apply_plan to create or update resources in Cutpilot, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Cutpilot environment.
Why cutpilot_apply_plan is rated Medium
An AI agent can call cutpilot_apply_plan faster than any human can review: one bad instruction and it creates or modifies resources in Cutpilot by the hundred, each call as confident as the last.
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The rule that runs cutpilot_apply_plan safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Cutpilot, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For cutpilot_apply_plan, this is the rule to start with:
cutpilot_apply_plan 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 Cutpilot, apply this rule, and every cutpilot_apply_plan call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about cutpilot_apply_plan
High-level reviewed apply: execute an explicitly approved built-in AI director or revision plan as one snapshot-protected edit. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Cutpilot MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Cutpilot MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for cutpilot_apply_plan: 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 Cutpilot. Nothing to install.
cutpilot_apply_plan 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 cutpilot_apply_plan 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 cutpilot_apply_plan. 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.
cutpilot_apply_plan is provided by the Cutpilot MCP server (Hellotravisss/cutpilot). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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