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How to control click ↓

What click does on Openowl

AI agents invoke click to trigger actions in Openowl. 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.

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Why click needs a policy

Given the server context (desktop automation with clicking, typing, window management) and sibling tools like 'click_element', 'click_text', 'click_in_region', this tool almost certainly performs a mouse click action on the desktop. Clicking can trigger arbitrary UI interactions — opening files, launching programs, submitting forms — making it an Execute-category tool with high severity due to broad blast radius.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'click' on a server described as giving AI 'eyes and hands on your desktop' with capabilities including 'clicking'. Description is empty, lowering confidence.

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access click gives an agent:

How to control click

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Openowl, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for click:

policy.json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "click": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "click_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 10,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

click 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.

  1. Create a free account and register Openowl — nothing to install.
  2. Add this policy — paste it, or build it visually.
  3. Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.
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Questions about click

What does the click tool do? +

click. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the Openowl MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.

How do I enforce a policy on click? +

Register the Openowl MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for click: 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 Openowl. Nothing to install.

What risk level is click? +

click is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.

Can I rate-limit click? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the click 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.

How do I block click completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for click. 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.

What MCP server provides click? +

click is provided by the Openowl MCP server (mihir-kanzariya/openowl). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policy on every Openowl tool call.

Start from Openowl, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.

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