AI agents use unfold_block to create or update resources in SiYuan MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your SiYuan MCP Server environment.
Unfolding a block changes the presentation/structure of a document by expanding a collapsed block, making previously hidden content visible. This is a reversible modification to document state (folding it again would revert the change), classifying it as Write rather than Read (which would be read-only) or Execute (which would run code).
From the tool's definition Tool name 'unfold_block' and description '展开块' (unfold block in Chinese) indicates a structural modification operation on a SiYuan note block.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access unfold_block gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and SiYuan MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for unfold_block:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"unfold_block": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "unfold_block_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}unfold_block 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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展开块. It is categorised as a Write tool in the SiYuan MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the SiYuan MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for unfold_block: 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 SiYuan MCP Server. Nothing to install.
unfold_block 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 unfold_block 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 unfold_block. 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.
unfold_block is provided by the SiYuan MCP Server MCP server (xgq18237/siyuan_mcp_server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 52 SiYuan MCP Server tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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