Get the most recently updated active workflow
AI agents call get-latest-active-workflow to retrieve information from Scratchpad MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves workflow metadata (the most recently updated active workflow) with no side effects. It is a read-only query operation. Even in the context of a scratchpad/workflow collaboration system, retrieving workflow information poses minimal risk — the blast radius of misuse is limited to information disclosure of existing workflow state, which is low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get-latest-active-workflow' and description states it 'Get the most recently updated active workflow' — a query operation that retrieves metadata about an active workflow without modifying or executing anything.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get the most recently updated active workflow. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Scratchpad MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Scratchpad MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-latest-active-workflow: 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 Scratchpad MCP. Nothing to install.
get-latest-active-workflow 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 get-latest-active-workflow 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 get-latest-active-workflow. 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.
get-latest-active-workflow is provided by the Scratchpad MCP server (pc035860/scratchpad-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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