list_automation_history
Execution log showing what triggered, what actions ran, and success/failure status.
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What list_automation_history does on Businys
AI agents call list_automation_history 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 list_automation_history is rated Low
This tool retrieves and displays historical automation execution records. It performs a query-like operation to fetch past event logs, their triggers, executed actions, and outcomes. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed by this tool itself—it only reads existing log entries.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_automation_history' and description 'Execution log showing what triggered, what actions ran, and success/failure status' indicates retrieval of historical log data with no modification or side effects.
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The rule that runs list_automation_history 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 list_automation_history, this is the rule to start with:
list_automation_history 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 list_automation_history call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about list_automation_history
Execution log showing what triggered, what actions ran, and success/failure status. 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 list_automation_history: 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.
list_automation_history 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 list_automation_history 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 list_automation_history. 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.
list_automation_history 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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