actual_budgets_get_all
Get a list of all available budget files. Useful for multi-budget management and discovering available budgets on the server.
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What actual_budgets_get_all does on Actual
AI agents call actual_budgets_get_all to retrieve information from Actual without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why actual_budgets_get_all is rated Low
This tool retrieves and lists budget files without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a pure read operation that returns information to the user for discovery and management purposes. The lack of any side effects, state changes, or financial transactions places it firmly in the Read category with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name includes 'get_all' and description states 'Get a list of all available budget files.' These are query/retrieval operations with no modification, deletion, or execution of external operations.
Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs actual_budgets_get_all safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Actual, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For actual_budgets_get_all, this is the rule to start with:
actual_budgets_get_all is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Actual, apply this rule, and every actual_budgets_get_all call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about actual_budgets_get_all
Get a list of all available budget files. Useful for multi-budget management and discovering available budgets on the server. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Actual MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Actual MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for actual_budgets_get_all: 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 Actual. Nothing to install.
actual_budgets_get_all 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 actual_budgets_get_all 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 actual_budgets_get_all. 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.
actual_budgets_get_all is provided by the Actual MCP server (actual-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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