Create or update project board with columns mapped to status labels. Columns: Backlog, In Progress, Review, Testing, Done.
AI agents use gitea_workflow_sync_board to create or update resources in Gitea MCP Tool — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Gitea MCP Tool environment.
An AI agent can call gitea_workflow_sync_board faster than any human can review — one bad instruction and it creates or modifies resources in Gitea MCP Tool by the hundred, each call as confident as the last.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Create or update project board with columns mapped to status labels. Columns: Backlog, In Progress, Review, Testing, Done. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Gitea MCP Tool MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Gitea MCP Tool MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for gitea_workflow_sync_board: 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 Gitea MCP Tool. Nothing to install.
gitea_workflow_sync_board 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 gitea_workflow_sync_board 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 gitea_workflow_sync_board. 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.
gitea_workflow_sync_board is provided by the Gitea MCP Tool MCP server (supenbysz/gitea-mcp-tool). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.