AI agents use format_code to create or update resources in Carrot AI PM — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Carrot AI PM environment.
Code formatting modifies files reversibly (can be reformatted differently). Without a description, confidence is moderate. Contextually, this appears to be a development tool that alters code but not destructively—developers can reformat again or revert. Write is more appropriate than Execute (no arbitrary code run) or Destructive (reversible). Confidence lowered due to missing description.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'format_code' with empty description. Name suggests code formatting (modification). In spec-driven development context, formatting likely rewrites code structure/style but preserves functionality, making it reversible.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access format_code gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Carrot AI PM, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for format_code:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"format_code": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "format_code_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}format_code 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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format_code. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Carrot AI PM MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Carrot AI PM MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for format_code: 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 Carrot AI PM. Nothing to install.
format_code 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 format_code 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 format_code. 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.
format_code is provided by the Carrot AI PM MCP server (talvinder/carrot-ai-pm). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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