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Honeycomb

11 tools. 2 can modify or destroy data without limits.

2 write tools that can modify data. Rate limits recommended.

Last updated: 30 Jun 2026

2 can modify or destroy data

9 read-only

11 tools total

Community server · catalogue entry verified 30/06/2026

How to control Honeycomb ↓

TOOL MAP

What Honeycomb exposes to your agents

Read (9) Write / Execute (2) Destructive / Financial (0)

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MOST DANGEROUS TOOLS

High Risk

The most dangerous Honeycomb tools

Execute · Medium honeycomb_query_result_create This tool triggers the execution of a query on the Honeycomb backend. Write · Low honeycomb_query_create This tool creates (writes) a query object in Honeycomb but explicitly does not execute it or retrieve data.

2 of Honeycomb's 11 tools can modify, destroy, or commit something on every call — and an agent calls them with no built-in limits.

POLICY

How to control Honeycomb

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Honeycomb, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. These are the rules we recommend:

Rate limit write operations

{
  "honeycomb_query_create": {
    "limits": [
      {
        "counter": "honeycomb_query_create_per_hour",
        "window": "hour",
        "max": 30,
        "scope": "grant"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Prevents bulk unintended modifications from agents caught in loops.

Cap read operations

{
  "honeycomb_auth": {
    "limits": [
      {
        "counter": "honeycomb_auth_per_minute",
        "window": "minute",
        "max": 60,
        "scope": "grant"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Controls API costs and prevents retry loops from exhausting upstream rate limits.

Create a free account and register Honeycomb — nothing to install.
Add these rules — paste them, or build them visually. Tune the limits to your setup.
Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.

ENFORCE POLICY ON HONEYCOMB →

Instant setup, no code required.

FULL CATALOGUE

All 11 Honeycomb tools

EXECUTE 1 tools

Execute honeycomb_query_result_create Run a previously created query and return a query result ID that can be used to retrieve the results.

WRITE 1 tools

Write honeycomb_query_create Create a query from a specification. DOES NOT run the query to retrieve results.

READ 9 tools

Read honeycomb_auth API Keys have various scopes permissions and belong to a specific Team or Environment. Use this to validate au Read honeycomb_board_get Get information about a specific board. Boards are a place to pin and save useful queries and graphs you want Read honeycomb_boards_list List all boards. Boards are a place to pin and save useful queries and graphs you want to retain for later reu Read honeycomb_columns_list List all columns in a dataset. Columns are fields in the events you send to Honeycomb. Read honeycomb_dataset_definitions_list List dataset definitions with pagination. Dataset definitions describe the fields with special meaning in the Read honeycomb_dataset_get Get information about a specific dataset. A Dataset represents a collection of related events that come from t Read honeycomb_datasets_list List all datasets in the environment. A Dataset represents a collection of related events that come from the s Read honeycomb_query_get Get information about a specific query. Returns the query specification, not the query results. Read honeycomb_query_result_get Get query results for a previously executed query. The response body will be a JSON object with

FAQ

Questions about Honeycomb

How do I prevent bulk modifications through Honeycomb? +

The Honeycomb server has 1 write tools including honeycomb_query_create. Set a rate limit in your policy -- for example, 10 calls per hour prevents an agent from making more than 10 modifications per hour. PolicyLayer enforces this at the gateway, before calls reach Honeycomb.

How many tools does the Honeycomb MCP server expose? +

11 tools across 1 categories: Read. 9 are read-only. 2 can modify, create, or delete data.

How do I enforce a policy on Honeycomb? +

Register the Honeycomb MCP server in PolicyLayer, apply the suggested rules above (adjust the limits to your use case), and point your AI client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL instead of the server directly. Your agents keep the same tools; PolicyLayer evaluates every call against policy before it executes. Nothing to install, live in minutes.

Enforce policy on every Honeycomb tool call.

Deterministic rules across all 11 Honeycomb tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.

ENFORCE POLICY ON HONEYCOMB →

Instant setup, no code required.

11 Honeycomb tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 43,000+ MCP servers.