Create a new Pages document (optionally from a template — use pages_list_templates to see available templates)
AI agents use pages_create_document to create or update resources in Iwork — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Iwork environment.
Creating a document is a reversible write operation. It modifies the system state by introducing a new document but does not execute arbitrary code, delete data, move money, or produce irreversible side effects. The severity is low because creating a blank or template-based document has minimal blast radius—the document can be easily deleted.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'pages_create_document' and description explicitly states 'Create a new Pages document'. This is a document creation operation that modifies state by adding a new file/document to the system.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access pages_create_document gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Iwork, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for pages_create_document:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"pages_create_document": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "pages_create_document_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}pages_create_document 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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Create a new Pages document (optionally from a template — use pages_list_templates to see available templates). It is categorised as a Write tool in the Iwork MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Iwork MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for pages_create_document: 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 Iwork. Nothing to install.
pages_create_document 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 pages_create_document 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 pages_create_document. 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.
pages_create_document is provided by the Iwork MCP server (reichenbach/iwork_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Iwork, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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