Navigate to a specific page
AI agents invoke navigate_to_page to trigger actions in Indesign. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call — builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.
While 'navigate_to_page' does not modify data or delete content, it is an Execute category tool because it performs an action that changes application state and could be chained with other tools to cause unintended effects.
From the tool's definition Tool navigates to a specific page within an InDesign document, changing the active view/state of the application. This is an action that triggers an operation whose effects depend on the page argument provided.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access navigate_to_page gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Indesign, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for navigate_to_page:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"navigate_to_page": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "navigate_to_page_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 10,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}navigate_to_page stays usable, but rate-capped — a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Navigate to a specific page. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the Indesign MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Register the Indesign MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for navigate_to_page: 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 Indesign. Nothing to install.
navigate_to_page is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the navigate_to_page 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 navigate_to_page. 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.
navigate_to_page is provided by the Indesign MCP server (lucdesign/indesign-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Indesign, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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