Creates a long-lived API key for server-to-server integration without OAuth. The raw key is returned only once — store it securely. The user must explicitly consent to creating the key. Requires admin scope. Supports granular scoping: restrict the key to specific data-slot slugs, specific display...
Risk signalsHandles credentials or secrets (access_token) · Admin/system-level operation
Part of the agentView server.
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AI agents use create_api_key to create or modify resources in agentView. 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 create_api_key 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 agentView.
Write tools can modify data. A rate limit prevents runaway bulk operations from AI agents.
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"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"create_api_key": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "create_api_key_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}See the full agentView policy for all 81 tools.
These attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access create_api_key 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.
Creates a long-lived API key for server-to-server integration without OAuth. The raw key is returned only once — store it securely. The user must explicitly consent to creating the key. Requires admin scope. Supports granular scoping: restrict the key to specific data-slot slugs, specific display IDs, a read/write permission flag, and/or fine-grained capability flags.. It is categorised as a Write tool in the agentView MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the agentView MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create_api_key: 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 agentView. Nothing to install.
create_api_key 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 create_api_key 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 create_api_key. 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.
create_api_key is provided by the agentView MCP server (https://agentview.de/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 81 agentView tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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