Hide desktop icons
AI agents invoke cleanshot_hide_desktop_icons to trigger actions in Cleanshot. 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.
This tool modifies the system's display state by hiding desktop icons. It's not purely a read operation, and while it changes state, it's typically reversible (icons can be shown again), placing it in Execute rather than Destructive. However, it triggers an external system operation affecting the user's desktop environment, which could cause confusion or disruption if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition 'Hide desktop icons' - triggers an external operation that changes the visual state of the desktop by hiding icons
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access cleanshot_hide_desktop_icons gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Cleanshot, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for cleanshot_hide_desktop_icons:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"cleanshot_hide_desktop_icons": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "cleanshot_hide_desktop_icons_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 10,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}cleanshot_hide_desktop_icons stays usable, but rate-capped — a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Hide desktop icons. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the Cleanshot MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Register the Cleanshot MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for cleanshot_hide_desktop_icons: 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 Cleanshot. Nothing to install.
cleanshot_hide_desktop_icons is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the cleanshot_hide_desktop_icons 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 cleanshot_hide_desktop_icons. 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.
cleanshot_hide_desktop_icons is provided by the Cleanshot MCP server (jdorfman/cleanshot-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Cleanshot, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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