Get a recommended workflow template for a task type. Includes steps, agents, and topology. Use when generic
AI agents call guidance_workflow 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 tool fetches and returns workflow recommendations and templates—a query operation with no side effects on system state, data persistence, or execution. It provides information to inform decisions but does not create, modify, delete, or execute operations. The low severity reflects minimal risk even if an agent misuses templated guidance output.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'guidance_workflow' and description 'Get a recommended workflow template' indicate a retrieval operation that returns templated guidance without modifying or executing state.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get a recommended workflow template for a task type. Includes steps, agents, and topology. 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_workflow: 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_workflow 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_workflow 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_workflow. 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_workflow 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.