get_document_by_path

What get_document_by_path does on Sharepoint

AI agents call get_document_by_path to retrieve information from Sharepoint without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why get_document_by_path is rated Low

This tool retrieves a document from SharePoint by its path, a read-only operation with no side effects. It is classified as Read rather than a higher category. Severity is medium rather than low because an AI agent could use path traversal or enumerate documents across the organization to access sensitive information, and SharePoint often contains confidential business data, intellectual property, or personal…

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_document_by_path' indicates retrieval of document content by file path; sibling tools include 'download_file' and 'get_document_content' which are clearly read operations, and 'get_item_metadata' and 'get_list_items' which query data.

The rule that runs get_document_by_path 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 get_document_by_path, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_document_by_path": {}
  }
}

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