AI agents use create_project to create or update resources in CODESYS MCP Toolkit — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your CODESYS MCP Toolkit environment.
Creating a project is a Write operation—it creates new data structures and project files in the CODESYS environment. This is reversible (projects can be deleted) and has no immediate external side effects like code execution. Severity is medium because misuse could create unwanted projects that consume resources or pollute the development environment, but the impact is localized to the CODESYS workspace.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'create_project' indicates creation of a new CODESYS project. Sibling tools on the server include 'save_project' and 'compile_project', confirming this is a project management tool that creates new artifacts in the CODESYS environment.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access create_project gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and CODESYS MCP Toolkit, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for create_project:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"create_project": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "create_project_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}create_project 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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create_project. It is categorised as a Write tool in the CODESYS MCP Toolkit MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the CODESYS MCP Toolkit MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create_project: 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 CODESYS MCP Toolkit. Nothing to install.
create_project 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 create_project 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 create_project. 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.
create_project is provided by the CODESYS MCP Toolkit MCP server (johannespettersson80/codesys-mcp-toolkit). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from CODESYS MCP Toolkit, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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