Update an existing Intercom Help Center collection. Supports updating name, description, and multilingual translations.
AI agents use update_collection to create or update resources in Intercom Articles MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Intercom Articles MCP Server environment.
This tool modifies an existing collection's metadata (name, description, translations) in a reversible way. It does not delete data or execute code, making Write the appropriate category. Misuse could corrupt Help Center navigation structure, warranting medium severity.
From the tool's definition Update an existing Intercom Help Center collection. Supports updating name, description, and multilingual translations.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access update_collection gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Intercom Articles MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for update_collection:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"update_collection": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "update_collection_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}update_collection 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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Update an existing Intercom Help Center collection. Supports updating name, description, and multilingual translations. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Intercom Articles MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Intercom Articles MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for update_collection: 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 Intercom Articles MCP Server. Nothing to install.
update_collection 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 update_collection 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 update_collection. 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.
update_collection is provided by the Intercom Articles MCP Server MCP server (kaosensei/intercom-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Intercom Articles MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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