Capture a screenshot from a booted simulator and save to a file.
AI agents call bazel_ios_screenshot to retrieve information from XcodeBazelMCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs data retrieval (screenshot capture) from a running simulator and saves output to a file. While file writing occurs, the operation is non-destructive, read-focused, and produces output without side effects on the system or application state. No code execution, state modification, or data destruction occurs.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'bazel_ios_screenshot' and description 'Capture a screenshot from a booted simulator and save to a file' indicate a retrieval operation that captures and exports visual data without modifying simulator state or executing arbitrary code.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access bazel_ios_screenshot gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and XcodeBazelMCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for bazel_ios_screenshot:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"bazel_ios_screenshot": {}
}
}bazel_ios_screenshot is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Capture a screenshot from a booted simulator and save to a file. It is categorised as a Read tool in the XcodeBazelMCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the XcodeBazel MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for bazel_ios_screenshot: 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 XcodeBazelMCP. Nothing to install.
bazel_ios_screenshot 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 bazel_ios_screenshot 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 bazel_ios_screenshot. 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.
bazel_ios_screenshot is provided by the XcodeBazel MCP server (xcodebazelmcp/xcodebazelmcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from XcodeBazelMCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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