list_m365_people_insights
List the people most relevant to you in Microsoft 365 — based on your communication patterns, collaboration history, and org chart. Useful for meeting prep and contact enrichment.
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What list_m365_people_insights does on Local
AI agents call list_m365_people_insights to retrieve information from Local 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
limit | integer | — | Number of people to return (default 20, max 50) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why list_m365_people_insights is rated Low
This tool retrieves and queries contact/people data from Microsoft 365 based on communication and collaboration patterns. The primary function is to fetch and display information ('List'), with no side effects that create, modify, delete, or execute operations.
From the tool's definition Tool is named 'list_m365_people_insights' and described as 'List the people most relevant to you' — a retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or execution. Returns read-only insights based on existing data.
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The rule that runs list_m365_people_insights safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Local, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For list_m365_people_insights, this is the rule to start with:
list_m365_people_insights 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 Local, apply this rule, and every list_m365_people_insights call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about list_m365_people_insights
List the people most relevant to you in Microsoft 365 — based on your communication patterns, collaboration history, and org chart. Useful for meeting prep and contact enrichment. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Local MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
list_m365_people_insights accepts 1 parameter: limit. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Local MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_m365_people_insights: 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 Local. Nothing to install.
list_m365_people_insights 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_m365_people_insights 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_m365_people_insights. 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_m365_people_insights is provided by the Local MCP server (local-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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