Create a dynamic inventory source. Claude will ask for the source type and credential before proceeding.
AI agents use create_inventory_source to create or update resources in AAP Enterprise MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your AAP Enterprise MCP Server environment.
Creating an inventory source is a reversible data modification operation. While it modifies the automation platform's configuration and could impact downstream automation workflows (thus meriting 'high' severity due to potential blast radius on automated deployments), it is not destructive (source can be deleted), does not execute arbitrary code, and does not handle financial operations.
From the tool's definition Tool explicitly 'Create[s] a dynamic inventory source' and requires 'source type and credential' configuration, indicating it persistently creates a new inventory resource within Ansible Automation Platform.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access create_inventory_source gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and AAP Enterprise MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for create_inventory_source:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"create_inventory_source": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "create_inventory_source_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}create_inventory_source 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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Create a dynamic inventory source. Claude will ask for the source type and credential before proceeding. It is categorised as a Write tool in the AAP Enterprise MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the AAP Enterprise MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create_inventory_source: 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 AAP Enterprise MCP Server. Nothing to install.
create_inventory_source 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_inventory_source 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_inventory_source. 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_inventory_source is provided by the AAP Enterprise MCP Server MCP server (sibilleb/aap-enterprise-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 69 AAP Enterprise MCP Server tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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