create-user-data

What create-user-data does on Mcp Dev

AI agents use create-user-data to create or update resources in Mcp Dev, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Mcp Dev environment.

Why create-user-data is rated Medium

The tool creates new user data records, which is a reversible write operation (data can be modified or deleted). However, severity is elevated to 'high' because user data creation in a CMS can have security implications (account creation, privilege assignment, etc.) if misused by an agent. It does not meet the threshold for Execute (no code execution), Destructive (reversible), or Financial (no money movement).

From the tool's definition Tool name 'create-user-data' and description 'Creates a new user data record' indicate data creation/modification. In CMS context, creating user data is a write operation with potential security implications.

The rule that runs create-user-data safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Mcp Dev, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For create-user-data, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "create-user-data": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "create-user-data_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Questions about create-user-data