AI agents use create_spread_guides to create or update resources in InDesign UXP MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your InDesign UXP MCP Server environment.
Creating guides is a reversible modification that changes document layout metadata without altering content or deleting data. Guides can be removed later. This is a Write category tool—it constructs new document elements. Severity is medium because misuse could disrupt document layout and confuse the designer, but guides are non-destructive layout aids and do not affect the final output or core content.
From the tool's definition The tool "create_spread_guides" creates guides on a spread, which modifies the document structure by adding visual reference elements. The word "create" indicates a generative, write-level action.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access create_spread_guides gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and InDesign UXP MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for create_spread_guides:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"create_spread_guides": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "create_spread_guides_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}create_spread_guides 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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Create guides on a spread. It is categorised as a Write tool in the InDesign UXP MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the InDesign UXP MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create_spread_guides: 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 InDesign UXP MCP Server. Nothing to install.
create_spread_guides 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 create_spread_guides 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 create_spread_guides. 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.
create_spread_guides is provided by the InDesign UXP MCP Server MCP server (theloniuser/indesign-uxp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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