Create an arc in AutoCAD with optional color and thickness
AI agents use create_arc to create or update resources in AutoCAD MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your AutoCAD MCP Server environment.
Creating an arc is a reversible modification to a drawing document. While it adds data to the CAD file, it can be undone or deleted using sibling tools like 'delete_entities_by_handles' or 'delete_all_entities'. This is not irreversible destruction (Destructive) or code execution (Execute), but rather standard drawing creation (Write).
From the tool's definition Tool name 'create_arc' and description 'Create an arc in AutoCAD' indicate creation of new geometric entities.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access create_arc gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and AutoCAD MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for create_arc:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"create_arc": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "create_arc_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}create_arc 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 an arc in AutoCAD with optional color and thickness. It is categorised as a Write tool in the AutoCAD MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the AutoCAD MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create_arc: 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 AutoCAD MCP Server. Nothing to install.
create_arc 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_arc 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_arc. 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_arc is provided by the AutoCAD MCP Server MCP server (thepiruthvirajan/autocad-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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