Generate a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) from package manifests and lockfiles. Supports npm, Composer, pip, Go, Cargo, Bundler, Maven. Outputs CycloneDX, SPDX, or plain JSON. Includes license compliance warnings for copyleft licenses. Use for supply chain audits or compliance reports. Returns...
AI agents call generate_sbom to retrieve information from Trace without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool reads package manifests and lockfiles to produce an SBOM report. It only retrieves and analyzes existing dependency data without modifying, executing, or deleting anything. The output is a read-only compliance report.
From the tool's definition Generate a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) from package manifests and lockfiles... Use for supply chain audits or compliance reports. Returns JSON/CycloneDX/SPDX
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access generate_sbom gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Trace, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for generate_sbom:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"generate_sbom": {}
}
}generate_sbom is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Generate a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) from package manifests and lockfiles. Supports npm, Composer, pip, Go, Cargo, Bundler, Maven. Outputs CycloneDX, SPDX, or plain JSON. Includes license compliance warnings for copyleft licenses. Use for supply chain audits or compliance reports. Returns JSON/CycloneDX/SPDX: { components: [{ name, version, license, type }], warnings }. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Trace MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Trace MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for generate_sbom: 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 Trace. Nothing to install.
generate_sbom 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 generate_sbom 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 generate_sbom. 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.
generate_sbom is provided by the Trace MCP server (nikolai-vysotskyi/trace-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 178 Trace tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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