AI agents invoke divide to trigger actions in Awesome-MCP-Scaffold. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call — builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.
This tool performs arithmetic division on two numbers. While it's primarily a computation/calculation tool with no side effects on data, it executes a mathematical operation. The main risk is division by zero or misuse in a calculation pipeline, but the blast radius is very low as it has no I/O or system effects.
From the tool's definition Divide first number by second
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access divide gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Awesome-MCP-Scaffold, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for divide:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"divide": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "divide_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 10,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}divide stays usable, but rate-capped — a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Divide first number by second. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the Awesome-MCP-Scaffold MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Register the Awesome-MCP-Scaffold MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for divide: 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 Awesome-MCP-Scaffold. Nothing to install.
divide is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the divide 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 divide. 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.
divide is provided by the Awesome-MCP-Scaffold MCP server (ww-ai-lab/awesome-mcp-scaffold). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Awesome-MCP-Scaffold, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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