# 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?"

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `get_cost_summary`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/get-cost-summary

## Facts

- Tool: `get_cost_summary`
- Server: Savi Tools (`https://getsavitools.com/api/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/https://getsavitools.com/api/mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade C, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 1
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `period` | string | no | 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.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_cost_summary",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## 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 own 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…"

## Use case

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.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Savi Tools:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_cost_summary": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Savi Tools (24)

- `get_1099_summary` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/get-1099-summary.md
- `get_business_profile` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/get-business-profile.md
- `get_business_snapshot` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/get-business-snapshot.md
- `get_cash_summary` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/get-cash-summary.md
- `get_client_summary` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/get-client-summary.md
- `get_contact_history` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/get-contact-history.md
- `get_contact_summary` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/get-contact-summary.md
- `get_expense_summary` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/get-expense-summary.md
- `get_goals_progress` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/get-goals-progress.md
- `get_invoice_details` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/get-invoice-details.md
- `get_mileage_summary` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/get-mileage-summary.md
- `get_profitability` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/get-profitability.md
- `get_project_summary` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/get-project-summary.md
- `get_revenue_summary` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/get-revenue-summary.md
- `get_tax_deductions` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/get-tax-deductions.md
- `get_tax_setaside` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/get-tax-setaside.md
- `get_time_summary` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/get-time-summary.md
- `list_bills_owed` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/list-bills-owed.md
- `list_clients` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/list-clients.md
- `list_outstanding_invoices` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/list-outstanding-invoices.md
- `list_projects` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/list-projects.md
- `list_recent_expenses` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/list-recent-expenses.md
- `list_recent_invoices` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/list-recent-invoices.md
- `list_uncategorized_transactions` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-getsavitools-savi-tools/list-uncategorized-transactions.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=com-getsavitools-savi-tools · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/com-getsavitools-savi-tools