take_screenshot

What take_screenshot does on Sbox

AI agents call take_screenshot to retrieve information from Sbox without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why take_screenshot is rated Low

This tool captures the current state of the s&box editor viewport and returns it as an image. It performs no side effects, creates no data modifications, executes no arbitrary code, and cannot be misused to cause harm. It is purely informational—a screenshot retrieval operation analogous to a 'get' or 'fetch' request. The low severity reflects that misuse poses minimal risk to the game project or system.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'take_screenshot' and description 'Capture the current editor viewport as a PNG screenshot' indicate a read-only operation that retrieves visual state without modifying, deleting, or executing code.

The rule that runs take_screenshot safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Sbox, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For take_screenshot, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "take_screenshot": {}
  }
}

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