AI agents use claude_code_update_user_role to create or update resources in Sage MCP — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Sage MCP environment.
Updating user roles is a reversible modification of user data that can change access permissions and account privileges. This is a Write operation rather than Execute because it modifies structured data (user role attribute) rather than executing arbitrary code.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'claude_code_update_user_role' explicitly indicates it updates a user role, and description states 'Update a user'. This modifies user account data/permissions reversibly.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access claude_code_update_user_role gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Sage MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for claude_code_update_user_role:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"claude_code_update_user_role": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "claude_code_update_user_role_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}claude_code_update_user_role 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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Update a user. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Sage MCP MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Sage MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for claude_code_update_user_role: 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 Sage MCP. Nothing to install.
claude_code_update_user_role 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 claude_code_update_user_role 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 claude_code_update_user_role. 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.
claude_code_update_user_role is provided by the Sage MCP server (sagemcp/sagemcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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