Update chapter and paragraph numbers in a book
AI agents use update_chapter_and_paragraph_numbers 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.
This tool modifies chapter and paragraph numbering assignments within an InDesign book structure. Such changes are reversible (can be re-numbered again or undone), making it Write rather than Destructive. While it affects document structure, it does not execute arbitrary code, delete content, or cause financial impact.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'update_chapter_and_paragraph_numbers' and description 'Update chapter and paragraph numbers in a book' indicate modification of document metadata/content.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access update_chapter_and_paragraph_numbers 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 update_chapter_and_paragraph_numbers:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"update_chapter_and_paragraph_numbers": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "update_chapter_and_paragraph_numbers_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}update_chapter_and_paragraph_numbers 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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Update chapter and paragraph numbers in a book. 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 update_chapter_and_paragraph_numbers: 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.
update_chapter_and_paragraph_numbers 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 update_chapter_and_paragraph_numbers 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 update_chapter_and_paragraph_numbers. 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.
update_chapter_and_paragraph_numbers 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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