Create and solve a simple thermal bar demo through the running Workbench bridge.
AI agents invoke create_thermal_bar_demo_live to trigger actions in Ansys Workbench. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call — builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.
This tool both creates a simulation system and runs/solves it through the Workbench bridge, constituting an external execution of computational simulation workflows. It spans Write (creates) and Execute (solves/runs), and Execute is the more severe category.
From the tool's definition 'Create and solve a simple thermal bar demo through the running Workbench bridge' — triggers creation and execution of a simulation solve operation via an active Workbench bridge connection
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access create_thermal_bar_demo_live gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Ansys Workbench, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for create_thermal_bar_demo_live:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"create_thermal_bar_demo_live": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "create_thermal_bar_demo_live_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 10,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}create_thermal_bar_demo_live stays usable, but rate-capped — a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Create and solve a simple thermal bar demo through the running Workbench bridge. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the Ansys Workbench MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Register the Ansys Workbench MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create_thermal_bar_demo_live: 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 Ansys Workbench. Nothing to install.
create_thermal_bar_demo_live is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the create_thermal_bar_demo_live 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_thermal_bar_demo_live. 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_thermal_bar_demo_live is provided by the Ansys Workbench MCP server (hongwenwang36-eng/ansys-workbench-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Ansys Workbench, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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