Create a new thermal zone and assign spaces to it.
AI agents use create_thermal_zone to create or update resources in Openstudio — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Openstudio environment.
This tool creates and modifies model data (thermal zones and space assignments) but does not delete or irreversibly alter existing data. It is reversible through subsequent edits or model resets. The impact is confined to the simulation model structure with no external system effects, live infrastructure changes, or financial implications.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'create_thermal_zone' and description 'Create a new thermal zone and assign spaces to it' indicate creation of new data structures within an energy simulation model.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access create_thermal_zone gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Openstudio, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for create_thermal_zone:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"create_thermal_zone": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "create_thermal_zone_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}create_thermal_zone 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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Create a new thermal zone and assign spaces to it. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Openstudio MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Openstudio MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create_thermal_zone: 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 Openstudio. Nothing to install.
create_thermal_zone 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 create_thermal_zone 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 create_thermal_zone. 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.
create_thermal_zone is provided by the Openstudio MCP server (natlabrockies/openstudio-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Openstudio, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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