select_by_fence

What select_by_fence does on Pypi:best Cad

AI agents use select_by_fence to create or update resources in Pypi:best Cad, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Pypi:best Cad environment.

Why select_by_fence is rated Medium

While the tool appears to be a selection operation (which might seem read-only), selections in AutoCAD represent a modification of the drawing's state—specifically the active selection set. This is reversible (selections can be cleared or changed), making it a Write operation rather than pure Read. It does not execute arbitrary code, delete data, or move money, so Write is the appropriate category.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'select_by_fence' combined with description indicating selection of entities that intersect with a specified polyline. In AutoCAD context, this modifies the active selection set, which is a stateful property of the drawing session.

The rule that runs select_by_fence safely

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

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "select_by_fence": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "select_by_fence_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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