Get design guidelines and rules for a specific topic (web-app, landing-page, design-system, etc.)
AI agents call get_guidelines to retrieve information from AI-Canvas MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or queries design guidelines and rules for specified topics. It has no side effects, does not modify data, does not execute code or commands, and does not delete or move resources. It is a straightforward read operation returning reference documentation or policy information.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_guidelines' and description 'Get design guidelines and rules' indicate data retrieval with no modification, deletion, or execution of external operations. The action is purely informational.
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Get design guidelines and rules for a specific topic (web-app, landing-page, design-system, etc.). It is categorised as a Read tool in the AI-Canvas MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the AI-Canvas MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_guidelines: 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 AI-Canvas MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_guidelines is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_guidelines 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 get_guidelines. 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.
get_guidelines is provided by the AI-Canvas MCP Server MCP server (laoluojuhai/ai-canvas). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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