get_gcp_billing_account
Evaluate current GCP commitments, plan and automate purchases, and optimize cloud costs with PerfectScale for Commitments. Returns a single GCP Billing Account with the same list-item fields as List GCP Billing Accounts, plus the Overview time series. Use this when you need a single billing accou...
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What get_gcp_billing_account does on Doit
AI agents call get_gcp_billing_account to retrieve information from Doit 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
X-Tenant-Id | string | — | |
customerContext | string | — | Scope the request to a specific customer by ID. Required for DoiT employees (whose token isn't tied to a single customer); omit for direct customer users. |
billingAccountId | string | Yes |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why get_gcp_billing_account is rated Low
Even though get_gcp_billing_account only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs get_gcp_billing_account safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Doit, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_gcp_billing_account, this is the rule to start with:
get_gcp_billing_account 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 Doit, apply this rule, and every get_gcp_billing_account call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_gcp_billing_account
Evaluate current GCP commitments, plan and automate purchases, and optimize cloud costs with PerfectScale for Commitments. Returns a single GCP Billing Account with the same list-item fields as List GCP Billing Accounts, plus the Overview time series. Use this when you need a single billing account's Console Overview in one call (identity and onboarding status, 30-day ESR and savings, YTD/lifetime totals, CUD export health, and the data behind Cost Summary and CUD Coverage charts) without fetching every billing account. Fields that drive the Overview tab in the DoiT console — each is an array with one entry per product line (service of compute or cloud_sql): - stats30d: last 30 days ESR and realized savings per product line (ESR and Savings cards). - monthlyStats: last 6 calendar months of ESR, on-demand cost, and cost with savings per product line (Cost Summary chart, and month-over-month card trends). - dailyCoverage: last 30 days of CUD coverage breakdown per product line (CUD Coverage chart). - savingsTotals: year-to-date and lifetime realized savings per product line (shown under the Savings card). Lifetime is bounded by PerfectScale for Commitments onboarding start. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Doit MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
get_gcp_billing_account accepts 3 parameters: X-Tenant-Id, customerContext, billingAccountId. Required: billingAccountId. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Doit MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_gcp_billing_account: 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 Doit. Nothing to install.
get_gcp_billing_account 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_gcp_billing_account 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_gcp_billing_account. 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_gcp_billing_account is provided by the Doit MCP server (@doitintl/doit-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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