Given a task description, recommend which capability areas, tools, agents, and workflow to use. Use when generic
AI agents call guidance_recommend to retrieve information from Claude Flow without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a read-only tool that analyzes a task description and returns suggestions/recommendations. It retrieves or queries information about available tools and agents to advise the user, with no side effects on data or systems. While it operates in an orchestration context, the tool itself merely provides guidance rather than executing, modifying, or destroying resources.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'recommend[s]' capabilities and workflow based on input; no modification, deletion, or execution of external systems implied. The verb 'recommend' indicates advisory/informational output only.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Given a task description, recommend which capability areas, tools, agents, and workflow to use. Use when generic. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Claude Flow MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Claude Flow MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for guidance_recommend: 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 Claude Flow. Nothing to install.
guidance_recommend is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the guidance_recommend 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 guidance_recommend. 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.
guidance_recommend is provided by the Claude Flow MCP server (claude-flow). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.