Transform a component's position, rotation, or scale
AI agents invoke transform_component to trigger actions in SketchupMCP. 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.
This tool triggers external operations (geometric transformations) whose effects are determined by the arguments provided (position, rotation, scale values). While not destructive (transformations are reversible), it executes computed changes to a 3D scene state outside the AI's direct domain.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Transform a component's position, rotation, or scale' — this directly manipulates 3D model state through external operations on Sketchup components.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access transform_component gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and SketchupMCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for transform_component:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"transform_component": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "transform_component_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 10,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}transform_component 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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Transform a component's position, rotation, or scale. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the SketchupMCP MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Register the Sketchup MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for transform_component: 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 SketchupMCP. Nothing to install.
transform_component 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 transform_component 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 transform_component. 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.
transform_component is provided by the Sketchup MCP server (mhyrr/sketchup-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from SketchupMCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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