AI agents call recommend_tools to retrieve information from Prompts without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool reads/analyzes the current development scenario and returns recommendations. It retrieves contextual suggestions without creating, modifying, executing, or deleting anything. Pure advisory/read operation.
From the tool's definition 推荐应使用的工具和操作建议 (recommends tools and operation suggestions based on current development scene)
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
【场景推荐】根据当前开发场景（coding/testing/debugging/reviewing 等），推荐应使用的工具和操作建议。也可自动检测场景。. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Prompts MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Prompts MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for recommend_tools: 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 Prompts. Nothing to install.
recommend_tools is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the recommend_tools 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 recommend_tools. 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.
recommend_tools is provided by the Prompts MCP server (thana0623/pmcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
recommend_tools is one line of Prompts's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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