AI agents use convert_qpy_to_qasm3_tool to create or update resources in Qiskit MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Qiskit MCP Server environment.
An AI agent can call convert_qpy_to_qasm3_tool faster than any human can review — one bad instruction and it creates or modifies resources in Qiskit MCP Server by the hundred, each call as confident as the last.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access convert_qpy_to_qasm3_tool gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Qiskit MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for convert_qpy_to_qasm3_tool:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"convert_qpy_to_qasm3_tool": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "convert_qpy_to_qasm3_tool_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}convert_qpy_to_qasm3_tool 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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convert_qpy_to_qasm3_tool. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Qiskit MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Qiskit MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for convert_qpy_to_qasm3_tool: 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 Qiskit MCP Server. Nothing to install.
convert_qpy_to_qasm3_tool 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 convert_qpy_to_qasm3_tool 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 convert_qpy_to_qasm3_tool. 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.
convert_qpy_to_qasm3_tool is provided by the Qiskit MCP Server MCP server (qiskit-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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