Reads SPECIFICATION.md and returns up to 5 disambiguation questions targeting ambiguous or incomplete requirements.
AI agents call sdd_clarify to retrieve information from Specky without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only operation on specification documentation to identify and present ambiguities back to the user. It retrieves and analyzes existing data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. The result is purely informational output intended to clarify requirements.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Reads SPECIFICATION.md and returns up to 5 disambiguation questions'. The verb 'Reads' and 'returns' indicate data retrieval with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access sdd_clarify gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Specky, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for sdd_clarify:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"sdd_clarify": {}
}
}sdd_clarify is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Reads SPECIFICATION.md and returns up to 5 disambiguation questions targeting ambiguous or incomplete requirements. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Specky MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Specky MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for sdd_clarify: 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 Specky. Nothing to install.
sdd_clarify 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 sdd_clarify 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 sdd_clarify. 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.
sdd_clarify is provided by the Specky MCP server (paulasilvatech/specky). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Specky, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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