find_or_create_company
Find a company by name or domain, or create it if it doesn't exist. Returns the company record either way.
This record as markdown: /tools/adrata-starfield-mcp/find-or-create-company.md
What find_or_create_company does on Starfield
AI agents call find_or_create_company to retrieve information from Starfield without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
name | string | — | Company name to search by |
domain | string | — | Company domain (e.g. acme.com) |
website | string | — | |
industry | string | — |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why find_or_create_company is rated Low
Even though find_or_create_company only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs find_or_create_company safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Starfield, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For find_or_create_company, this is the rule to start with:
find_or_create_company 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 Starfield, apply this rule, and every find_or_create_company call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about find_or_create_company
Find a company by name or domain, or create it if it doesn't exist. Returns the company record either way. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Starfield MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
find_or_create_company accepts 4 parameters: name, domain, website, industry. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Starfield MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for find_or_create_company: 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 Starfield. Nothing to install.
find_or_create_company 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 find_or_create_company 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 find_or_create_company. 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.
find_or_create_company is provided by the Starfield MCP server (@adrata/starfield-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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