Export prompts to JSON format for backup or sharing
AI agents use export-prompts to create or update resources in MCP Prompt Manager — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your MCP Prompt Manager environment.
Export is fundamentally a write operation because it produces and serializes data to a new destination. While not irreversible (thus not Destructive) and not a financial transaction, it creates artifacts that could contain sensitive prompt content.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Export prompts to JSON format for backup or sharing' — this creates/outputs data in a new format and location, a write operation.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access export-prompts gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP Prompt Manager, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for export-prompts:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"export-prompts": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "export-prompts_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}export-prompts 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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Export prompts to JSON format for backup or sharing. It is categorised as a Write tool in the MCP Prompt Manager MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the MCP Prompt Manager MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for export-prompts: 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 MCP Prompt Manager. Nothing to install.
export-prompts 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 export-prompts 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 export-prompts. 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.
export-prompts is provided by the MCP Prompt Manager MCP server (tae4an/mcp-prompt-manager). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from MCP Prompt Manager, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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