export_sprite_sheet
AI agents use export_sprite_sheet to create or update resources in Gimp — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Gimp environment.
This tool writes image data to a sprite sheet file, likely on the local filesystem. It modifies disk state irreversibly in normal usage (overwriting files). However, it's not Destructive because the operation is a standard export (not deletion), and sprite sheet creation is a common, intended use case. High severity because a compromised agent could export sensitive imagery from GIMP projects or fill disk space.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'export_sprite_sheet' and server exposes GIMP's PyGObject API for image manipulation. Export implies writing/saving output to disk.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access export_sprite_sheet gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Gimp, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for export_sprite_sheet:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"export_sprite_sheet": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "export_sprite_sheet_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}export_sprite_sheet 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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export_sprite_sheet. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Gimp MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Gimp MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for export_sprite_sheet: 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 Gimp. Nothing to install.
export_sprite_sheet 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 export_sprite_sheet 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 export_sprite_sheet. 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.
export_sprite_sheet is provided by the Gimp MCP server (maorcc/gimp-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Gimp, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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