🆕 Get most recently added templates.
AI agents call get_recent_templates to retrieve information from n8n Workflow Builder without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and returns template data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. It is a straightforward read operation with no side effects, fitting the Read category. The severity is low because retrieving template metadata poses minimal security risk even if accessed by an untrusted agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_recent_templates' and description 'Get most recently added templates' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or execution of code.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
🆕 Get most recently added templates. It is categorised as a Read tool in the n8n Workflow Builder MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the n8n Workflow Builder MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_recent_templates: 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 n8n Workflow Builder. Nothing to install.
get_recent_templates is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_recent_templates 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 get_recent_templates. 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.
get_recent_templates is provided by the n8n Workflow Builder MCP server (schimmilab/n8n-workflow-builder). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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