Get layout preferences and settings for the document
AI agents call get_document_layout_preferences to retrieve information from InDesign UXP MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves document layout preferences and settings without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a pure read operation with no side effects. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius — querying preferences cannot cause damage or unintended consequences.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_document_layout_preferences' and description states 'Get layout preferences and settings for the document' — uses 'Get', indicating data retrieval with no modification or execution.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_document_layout_preferences 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 get_document_layout_preferences:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_document_layout_preferences": {}
}
}get_document_layout_preferences is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get layout preferences and settings for the document. It is categorised as a Read tool in the InDesign UXP MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the InDesign UXP MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_document_layout_preferences: 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.
get_document_layout_preferences 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 get_document_layout_preferences 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 get_document_layout_preferences. 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.
get_document_layout_preferences 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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135 InDesign UXP MCP Server tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.