Display a recommended configuration template for Metalsmith plugins.
AI agents call show-template to retrieve information from Metalsmith Plugin without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and displays template information to the user. It performs a read-only query operation without modifying any state, executing code, or triggering external operations. The display of configuration templates poses minimal security risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'show-template' and description 'Display a recommended configuration template' indicate a retrieval operation with no data modification, creation, deletion, or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Display a recommended configuration template for Metalsmith plugins. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Metalsmith Plugin MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Metalsmith Plugin MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for show-template: 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 Metalsmith Plugin. Nothing to install.
show-template 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 show-template 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 show-template. 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.
show-template is provided by the Metalsmith Plugin MCP server (metalsmith-plugin-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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