Load essential spec workflow instructions to guide feature development from idea to implementation. Instructions Call this tool FIRST when users request spec creation, feature development, or mention specifications. This provides the complete workflow sequence (Requirements → Design → Tasks → Imp...
Part of the Spec Workflow server.
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AI agents call spec-workflow-guide to perform operations in Spec Workflow. While the risk category is not fully classified, applying a rate limit gives you visibility into how often the tool is called and prevents unexpected bursts of activity from autonomous agents.
Applying a policy to spec-workflow-guide gives you an audit trail of every call an AI agent makes. Even for low-risk tools, visibility into agent behaviour helps you debug issues, optimise workflows, and maintain compliance with your organisation's security requirements.
Apply a rate limit to control usage and monitor for unexpected behaviour.
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"spec-workflow-guide": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "spec-workflow-guide_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 60,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}See the full Spec Workflow policy for all 5 tools.
These attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access spec-workflow-guide gives an agent. Each links to the full case and the policy that stops it:
Other other tools across the catalogue. The same approach applies to each: rate-limit and validate the arguments.
Load essential spec workflow instructions to guide feature development from idea to implementation. Instructions Call this tool FIRST when users request spec creation, feature development, or mention specifications. This provides the complete workflow sequence (Requirements → Design → Tasks → Implementation) that must be followed. Always load before any other spec tools to ensure proper workflow understanding. Its important that you follow this workflow exactly to avoid errors.. It is categorised as a Other tool in the Spec Workflow MCP Server, which means it performs auxiliary operations.
Register the Spec Workflow MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for spec-workflow-guide: 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 Spec Workflow. Nothing to install.
spec-workflow-guide is a Other tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the spec-workflow-guide 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 spec-workflow-guide. 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.
spec-workflow-guide is provided by the Spec Workflow MCP server (@pimzino/spec-workflow-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 5 Spec Workflow tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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