AI agents use create_ssh_connection to create or update resources in Windows CLI MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Windows CLI MCP Server environment.
The tool creates a new SSH connection configuration, which is a write operation that modifies system state by adding a new connection record. While reversible (via delete_ssh_connection), it establishes a new network access pathway. This is classified as Write rather than Execute because it configures rather than immediately runs commands.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'create_ssh_connection' and description 'Create a new SSH connection' indicate creation of a new configuration/connection object.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access create_ssh_connection gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Windows CLI MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for create_ssh_connection:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"create_ssh_connection": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "create_ssh_connection_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}create_ssh_connection 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 new SSH connection. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Windows CLI MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Windows CLI MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create_ssh_connection: 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 Windows CLI MCP Server. Nothing to install.
create_ssh_connection 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_ssh_connection 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_ssh_connection. 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_ssh_connection is provided by the Windows CLI MCP Server MCP server (simon-ami/win-cli-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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