list_portal_users
List clients who have been sent portal links, with their last access timestamp. Use to see who currently has eyes on your data.
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What list_portal_users does on Businys
AI agents call list_portal_users 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_portal_users is rated Low
This tool performs a read-only operation—it queries and returns a list of portal users and their access timestamps. There are no side effects, no data modification, no execution of external operations, and no financial implications. The severity is low because listing user access data is a standard informational query with minimal blast radius even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'list_portal_users' and description states it 'List clients who have been sent portal links, with their last access timestamp.' This is a query operation that retrieves and displays user access information without modifying, executing, or…
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The rule that runs list_portal_users 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_portal_users, this is the rule to start with:
list_portal_users 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_portal_users call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about list_portal_users
List clients who have been sent portal links, with their last access timestamp. Use to see who currently has eyes on your data. 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_portal_users: 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_portal_users 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_portal_users 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_portal_users. 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_portal_users 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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