Toggle desktop icons visibility
AI agents use cleanshot_toggle_desktop_icons to create or update resources in Cleanshot — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Cleanshot environment.
Toggling desktop icon visibility changes a system display setting. This is a reversible write/configuration change (can be toggled back), not destructive. Misuse has low blast radius as it only affects visual display of desktop icons.
From the tool's definition Toggle desktop icons visibility
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access cleanshot_toggle_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_toggle_desktop_icons:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"cleanshot_toggle_desktop_icons": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "cleanshot_toggle_desktop_icons_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}cleanshot_toggle_desktop_icons stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Toggle desktop icons visibility. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Cleanshot MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Cleanshot MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for cleanshot_toggle_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_toggle_desktop_icons is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the cleanshot_toggle_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_toggle_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_toggle_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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