Automatically organize files into categorized folders. Enable use_content_analysis to detect file type mismatches and potential security threats. Use dry_run=true to preview changes.
AI agents use file_organizer_organize_files to create or update resources in File Organizer MCP — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your File Organizer MCP environment.
This tool reorganizes files by moving them into categorized folders. Moving files is generally reversible (files can be moved back), placing it in Write rather than Destructive. However, the blast radius is high because it can affect large numbers of files across a filesystem automatically — a misuse could scatter or misplace files in ways that are difficult to recover without knowing original locations.
From the tool's definition 'Automatically organize files into categorized folders' and 'dry_run=true to preview changes' — the tool moves/reorganizes files into new folder structures, which is a reversible write operation in most cases
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access file_organizer_organize_files gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and File Organizer MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for file_organizer_organize_files:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"file_organizer_organize_files": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "file_organizer_organize_files_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}file_organizer_organize_files 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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Automatically organize files into categorized folders. Enable use_content_analysis to detect file type mismatches and potential security threats. Use dry_run=true to preview changes. It is categorised as a Write tool in the File Organizer MCP MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the File Organizer MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for file_organizer_organize_files: 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 File Organizer MCP. Nothing to install.
file_organizer_organize_files 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 file_organizer_organize_files 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 file_organizer_organize_files. 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.
file_organizer_organize_files is provided by the File Organizer MCP server (kridaydave/file-organizer-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from File Organizer MCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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