Export ArchiMate model as standard XML Open Exchange Format (.archimate)
AI agents use export_archimate_xml to create or update resources in ArchiMate MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your ArchiMate MCP Server environment.
This is a Write operation because it creates/generates output data (XML file) from an in-memory model state. It is reversible—exported files can be re-imported or discarded without affecting the original model or system state. It does not execute arbitrary code, delete data, or move money.
From the tool's definition The tool exports an ArchiMate model as XML in Open Exchange Format (.archimate). The description uses 'export' which implies creating and writing a file output artifact. The XML export represents a serialized model state that is written to disk or transmitted.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access export_archimate_xml gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and ArchiMate MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for export_archimate_xml:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"export_archimate_xml": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "export_archimate_xml_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}export_archimate_xml 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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Export ArchiMate model as standard XML Open Exchange Format (.archimate). It is categorised as a Write tool in the ArchiMate MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the ArchiMate MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for export_archimate_xml: 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 ArchiMate MCP Server. Nothing to install.
export_archimate_xml 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 export_archimate_xml 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 export_archimate_xml. 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.
export_archimate_xml is provided by the ArchiMate MCP Server MCP server (rmranjit/mcp-archimate). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from ArchiMate MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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