get_gear_summary
Get a depreciation and value summary of all active gear. Returns total annual depreciation, current value, replacement cost, and per-category breakdown. Useful for CODB calculations.
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What get_gear_summary does on Businys
AI agents call get_gear_summary to retrieve information from Businys without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why get_gear_summary is rated Low
This tool retrieves and summarizes existing financial data about gear assets for cost-of-doing-business (CODB) calculations. It performs no write, execute, destructive, or financial transaction operations—it only reads and aggregates information already in the system.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_gear_summary' and description 'Get a depreciation and value summary' indicate a retrieval operation. The action is to return/query financial data (depreciation, current value, replacement cost) with no modification capability mentioned.
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The rule that runs get_gear_summary safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Businys, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_gear_summary, this is the rule to start with:
get_gear_summary 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 Businys, apply this rule, and every get_gear_summary call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_gear_summary
Get a depreciation and value summary of all active gear. Returns total annual depreciation, current value, replacement cost, and per-category breakdown. Useful for CODB calculations. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Businys MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Businys MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_gear_summary: 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 Businys. Nothing to install.
get_gear_summary 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 get_gear_summary 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 get_gear_summary. 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.
get_gear_summary is provided by the Businys MCP server (@businys/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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