the createTestTarget tool can create a new test target or project. A test target represents an application or service that can be tested using Octomind.
AI agents use createTestTarget to create or update resources in Octomind — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Octomind environment.
The tool creates new data (test targets/projects) in a reversible manner. This is a Write operation rather than Read (no querying), Execute (no external code execution), Destructive (creation is reversible), or Financial (no money involved).
From the tool's definition Tool name 'createTestTarget' combined with description stating it 'can create a new test target or project' indicates a write operation that creates new data in the Octomind testing platform.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access createTestTarget gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Octomind, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for createTestTarget:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"createTestTarget": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "createtesttarget_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}createTestTarget 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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the createTestTarget tool can create a new test target or project. A test target represents an application or service that can be tested using Octomind. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Octomind MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Octomind MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for createTestTarget: 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 Octomind. Nothing to install.
createTestTarget 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 createTestTarget 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 createTestTarget. 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.
createTestTarget is provided by the Octomind MCP server (octomind-dev/octomind-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Octomind, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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