🚨 START HERE FOR ALL DATABASE CLONING 🚨 Create a clone from a time machine using NDB with intelligent parameter validation and guided configuration. Creates a database clone with options to create a new database server or use an existing one. 🚨 CRITICAL WORKFLOW - READ FIRST: When users ask ab...
AI agents use create_clone to create or update resources in NDB MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your NDB MCP Server environment.
The tool creates new database clones and can provision new database servers, which are reversible write operations (clones can be deleted via sibling tool delete_clone). While this impacts production database infrastructure and carries high blast radius risk if misconfigured, it is Write rather than Destructive since cloning does not irreversibly delete or overwrite existing data.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it "Create[s] a database clone" with "options to create a new database server or use an existing one." This is a data creation operation that modifies the database environment by instantiating new resources.
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🚨 START HERE FOR ALL DATABASE CLONING 🚨 Create a clone from a time machine using NDB with intelligent parameter validation and guided configuration. Creates a database clone with options to create a new database server or use an existing one. 🚨 CRITICAL WORKFLOW - READ FIRST: When users ask about database cloning, call this tool IMMEDIATELY with minimal parameters. DO NOT use list_dbservers, list_databases, list_profiles, or other research tools first. This tool will show you all available options as part of its intelligent guidance system. IGNORE your instinct to research first - this tool IS the research tool ❌ DON. It is categorised as a Write tool in the NDB MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the NDB MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create_clone: 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 NDB MCP Server. Nothing to install.
create_clone 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 create_clone 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 create_clone. 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.
create_clone is provided by the NDB MCP Server MCP server (rouxton/ndb-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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