vite-build

What vite-build does on Npm

AI agents invoke vite-build to trigger actions in Npm. 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.

Why vite-build is rated High

Vite is a build tool that executes arbitrary code transformation pipelines (transpilation, bundling, minification). While the tool is narrowly scoped to production builds (not development), running a build tool can execute arbitrary JavaScript/TypeScript code from the project's configuration files (vite.config.js, package.json scripts, plugins) or source code during the build process.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'vite-build' and description 'Runs Vite production build' indicates execution of a build system that compiles code and generates output artifacts. This is an external operation whose effects depend on the build configuration and source code provided.

The rule that runs vite-build safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Npm, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For vite-build, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "vite-build": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "vite-build_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 10,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Questions about vite-build