Update the status of an opportunity
AI agents use update_opportunity_status to create or update resources in GoHighLevel MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your GoHighLevel MCP Server environment.
This tool modifies opportunity records by changing their status field. It qualifies as Write rather than Execute because it performs a targeted data update operation within the CRM system, not arbitrary code execution. The severity is medium because updating opportunity status in a CRM could affect business workflows and sales pipelines, but the change is reversible (status can be changed again).
From the tool's definition Tool name 'update_opportunity_status' and description 'Update the status of an opportunity' indicate modification of existing opportunity data. This is a reversible change to CRM records.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access update_opportunity_status gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and GoHighLevel MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for update_opportunity_status:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"update_opportunity_status": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "update_opportunity_status_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}update_opportunity_status stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Update the status of an opportunity. It is categorised as a Write tool in the GoHighLevel MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the GoHighLevel MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for update_opportunity_status: 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 GoHighLevel MCP Server. Nothing to install.
update_opportunity_status is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the update_opportunity_status 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 update_opportunity_status. 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.
update_opportunity_status is provided by the GoHighLevel MCP Server MCP server (basicmachines-co/open-ghl-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from GoHighLevel MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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