Medium Risk

create_team

Create a new Team under your account

How to control create_team ↓

AI agents use create_team to create or update resources in Vercel MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Vercel MCP Server environment.

Medium Risk

This tool creates a new team, which is a reversible write operation that establishes a new resource in the Vercel infrastructure. While it doesn't delete or execute arbitrary commands, it modifies account structure and could impact billing, team permissions, and organizational hierarchy.

From the tool's definition Tool name is 'create_team' and description states 'Create a new Team under your account' - this creates a new organizational entity within the Vercel account.

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access create_team gives an agent:

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Vercel MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for create_team:

policy.json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "create_team": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "create_team_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

create_team 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.

  1. Create a free account and register Vercel MCP Server — nothing to install.
  2. Add this policy — paste it, or build it visually.
  3. Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.
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What does the create_team tool do? +

Create a new Team under your account. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Vercel MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.

How do I enforce a policy on create_team? +

Register the Vercel MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create_team: 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 Vercel MCP Server. Nothing to install.

What risk level is create_team? +

create_team is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.

Can I rate-limit create_team? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the create_team 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.

How do I block create_team completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for create_team. 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.

What MCP server provides create_team? +

create_team is provided by the Vercel MCP Server MCP server (quegenx/vercel-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policy on every Vercel MCP Server tool call.

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