Write research content to a file. This tool allows you to save research findings, documentation, or any text content to a specified file path. SECURITY: File writing is controlled by environment variables: - FILE_WRITE_ENABLED must be set to 'true' to enab...
Accepts raw HTML/template content (content); Accepts file system path (file_path)
Part of the Deep Research Server MCP server. Enforce policies on this tool with Intercept, the open-source MCP proxy.
AI agents use write-research-file to create or modify resources in Deep Research Server. Write operations carry medium risk because an autonomous agent could trigger bulk unintended modifications. Rate limits prevent a single agent session from making hundreds of changes in rapid succession. Argument validation ensures the agent passes expected values.
Without a policy, an AI agent could call write-research-file repeatedly, creating or modifying resources faster than any human could review. Intercept's rate limiting ensures write operations happen at a controlled pace, and argument validation catches malformed or unexpected inputs before they reach Deep Research Server.
Write tools can modify data. A rate limit prevents runaway bulk operations from AI agents.
tools:
write-research-file:
rules:
- action: allow
rate_limit:
max: 30
window: 60See the full Deep Research Server policy for all 2 tools.
Agents calling write-class tools like write-research-file have been implicated in these attack patterns. Read the full case and prevention policy for each:
Other tools in the Write risk category across the catalogue. The same policy patterns (rate-limit, validate) apply to each.
Write research content to a file. This tool allows you to save research findings, documentation, or any text content to a specified file path. SECURITY: File writing is controlled by environment variables: - FILE_WRITE_ENABLED must be set to 'true' to enable file writing - ALLOWED_WRITE_PATHS can specify allowed directories (comma-separated) - If no ALLOWED_WRITE_PATHS specified, defaults to user's home directory - FILE_WRITE_LINE_LIMIT controls maximum lines per write operation (default: 200) Use this tool to save research reports, documentation, or any content generated from the deep-research-tool results.. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Deep Research Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Add a rule in your Intercept YAML policy under the tools section for write-research-file. You can allow, deny, rate-limit, or validate arguments. Then run Intercept as a proxy in front of the Deep Research Server MCP server.
write-research-file 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 write-research-file rule in your Intercept 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 Intercept policy for write-research-file. 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.
write-research-file is provided by the Deep Research Server MCP server (pinkpixel-dev/deep-research-mcp). Intercept sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Open source. One binary. Zero dependencies.
npx -y @policylayer/intercept