Load guide for creating project steering documents. Instructions Call ONLY when user explicitly requests steering document creation or asks about project architecture docs. Not part of standard spec workflow. Provides templates and guidance for product.md, tech.md, and structure.md creation. Its ...
Part of the Spec Workflow server.
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AI agents call steering-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 steering-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": {
"steering-guide": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "steering-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 steering-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 guide for creating project steering documents. Instructions Call ONLY when user explicitly requests steering document creation or asks about project architecture docs. Not part of standard spec workflow. Provides templates and guidance for product.md, tech.md, and structure.md creation. 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 steering-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.
steering-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 steering-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 steering-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.
steering-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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