Save code snippets with language and context information
AI agents use save_code_snippet to create or update resources in SAM — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your SAM environment.
The tool creates and stores code snippets with metadata (language, context) without irreversible deletion or data corruption risk. This is a Write operation—reversible data creation.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Save code snippets' which creates or modifies data persistently in a memory system. The server is described as 'automatically saves and retrieves information across AI platforms.'
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access save_code_snippet gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and SAM, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for save_code_snippet:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"save_code_snippet": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "save_code_snippet_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}save_code_snippet 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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Save code snippets with language and context information. It is categorised as a Write tool in the SAM MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the SAM MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for save_code_snippet: 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 SAM. Nothing to install.
save_code_snippet 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 save_code_snippet 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 save_code_snippet. 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.
save_code_snippet is provided by the SAM MCP server (pigrieco/mcp-memory-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from SAM, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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