Add a new template to the system. Args: name: Template name url: Template URL or image source description: Optional template description user_id: Optional user ID (admin only) Returns: Template addition result
AI agents use add_template to create or update resources in Ludus FastMCP — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Ludus FastMCP environment.
This tool creates new template resources in the system, which is a reversible write operation. It does not execute code, delete data, move money, or trigger irreversible actions. The 'admin only' user_id parameter suggests access controls exist.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Add a new template to the system' with parameters for name, url, and description, indicating creation of new data resources in the Ludus cyber range system.
Risk signalsAdmin/system-level operation
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access add_template gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Ludus FastMCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for add_template:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"add_template": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "add_template_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}add_template 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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Add a new template to the system. Args: name: Template name url: Template URL or image source description: Optional template description user_id: Optional user ID (admin only) Returns: Template addition result. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Ludus FastMCP MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Ludus Fast MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for add_template: 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 Ludus FastMCP. Nothing to install.
add_template 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 add_template 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 add_template. 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.
add_template is provided by the Ludus Fast MCP server (tjnull/ludus-fastmcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 201 Ludus FastMCP tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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201 Ludus FastMCP tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.