Ahk auto file Automatically detect and set active AutoHotkey file from user text
AI agents call AHK_File_Detect to retrieve information from Ahk without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs detection and identification of AutoHotkey files from user input, which is a read operation that retrieves or identifies data without side effects. While 'set active' suggests state change, this appears to be internal UI state rather than file modification. No execution, destruction, or financial implications. Low severity due to limited blast radius.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'AHK_File_Detect' and description 'Automatically detect and set active AutoHotkey file from user text' indicates parsing/detection of user input to identify file references, without modifying or executing code.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access AHK_File_Detect gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Ahk, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for AHK_File_Detect:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"AHK_File_Detect": {}
}
}AHK_File_Detect is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Ahk auto file Automatically detect and set active AutoHotkey file from user text. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Ahk MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Ahk MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for AHK_File_Detect: 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 Ahk. Nothing to install.
AHK_File_Detect 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 AHK_File_Detect 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 AHK_File_Detect. 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.
AHK_File_Detect is provided by the Ahk MCP server (truecrimedev/ahk-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 40 Ahk tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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