create_news_post

What create_news_post does on Sharepoint

AI agents use create_news_post to create or update resources in Sharepoint, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Sharepoint environment.

Why create_news_post is rated Medium

This tool creates new news posts in SharePoint, which is a write operation that adds data reversibly. The empty description reduces confidence slightly, but the naming pattern and server context (SharePoint document/content management) clearly indicate content creation. Severity is medium because misuse could spam or pollute SharePoint news with unwanted posts, but effects are reversible through deletion.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'create_news_post' indicates creation of new content; sibling tools like 'create_advanced_document_library', 'create_intelligent_list', 'create_list_item', and 'create_modern_page' all perform reversible write operations to SharePoint.

The rule that runs create_news_post safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Sharepoint, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For create_news_post, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "create_news_post": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "create_news_post_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Questions about create_news_post