get_cost_summary
All business costs for a period — expenses, mileage, and contractor bills — with by-category and by-month breakdowns. Answers "what were my total costs last quarter?"
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What get_cost_summary does on Savi Tools
AI agents call get_cost_summary to retrieve information from Savi Tools 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
period | string | — | A 4-digit year, or this_year / last_year / this_quarter / last_quarter. Omit for the current fiscal year. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why get_cost_summary is rated Low
This tool queries and returns summarized financial data (costs, expenses, mileage, contractor bills) grouped by category and month. It is purely informational with no capability to create, modify, delete, or execute operations. The data retrieved relates to business finances, but the tool itself only reads and aggregates existing data without moving money or creating financial obligations.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_cost_summary' and description states it retrieves 'All business costs for a period — expenses, mileage, and contractor bills — with by-category and by-month breakdowns.' The verb 'get' and the phrasing 'Answers' indicate data retrieval with…
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The rule that runs get_cost_summary safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Savi Tools, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_cost_summary, this is the rule to start with:
get_cost_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 Savi Tools, apply this rule, and every get_cost_summary call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_cost_summary
All business costs for a period — expenses, mileage, and contractor bills — with by-category and by-month breakdowns. Answers "what were my total costs last quarter?". It is categorised as a Read tool in the Savi Tools MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
get_cost_summary accepts 1 parameter: period. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Savi Tools MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_cost_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 Savi Tools. Nothing to install.
get_cost_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_cost_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_cost_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_cost_summary is provided by the Savi Tools MCP server (https://getsavitools.com/api/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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