Creates a new repository label. Returns structured data with label name, description, color, and URL.
AI agents use label-create to create or update resources in Make — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Make environment.
This tool creates new labels in a repository, which is a reversible write operation. It doesn't delete data (would be Destructive), execute arbitrary code (Execute), or involve financial transactions. The severity is medium because label creation could clutter or confuse a repository if misused by an agent, but the blast radius is limited to label management and easily remediated by deleting unwanted labels.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'label-create' and description states it 'Creates a new repository label' with returned data showing 'label name, description, color, and URL'—a clear creation action that modifies repository state.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access label-create gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Make, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for label-create:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"label-create": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "label-create_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}label-create 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.
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Creates a new repository label. Returns structured data with label name, description, color, and URL. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Make MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Make MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for label-create: 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 Make. Nothing to install.
label-create 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 label-create 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 label-create. 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.
label-create is provided by the Make MCP server (Dave-London/Pare). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Make, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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