drawing_save

What drawing_save does on AutoCAD MCP Pro

AI agents use drawing_save to create or update resources in AutoCAD MCP Pro, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your AutoCAD MCP Pro environment.

Why drawing_save is rated Medium

This tool modifies the persistent state of CAD drawings by saving them to storage, potentially overwriting existing files. While not destructive in the sense of irreversible deletion, it is a Write operation because it creates or modifies data that persists beyond the operation. Severity is high because an agent could inadvertently overwrite critical CAD designs or save malicious modifications to production drawings.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'drawing_save' with description 'Save the current drawing. Optionally specify a new path.' indicates persistent modification of files. The ability to save with an optional new path means the tool can create or overwrite drawing files on disk.

The rule that runs drawing_save safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and AutoCAD MCP Pro, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For drawing_save, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "drawing_save": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "drawing_save_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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