get-contacts-by-businessId
A read tool on the GoHighLevel MCP server.
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What get-contacts-by-businessId does on GoHighLevel MCP Server
AI agents call get-contacts-by-businessId to retrieve information from GoHighLevel MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why get-contacts-by-businessId is rated Low
This tool retrieves or queries contact data filtered by a business ID. It performs no data modification, deletion, or execution of external operations. While contacts may contain sensitive information, the tool itself is a standard read/retrieval operation with no side effects. Severity is low because unauthorized access to contacts, while concerning, is less critical than write, execute, or destructive operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get-contacts-by-businessId' and description 'Get Contacts By BusinessId' indicate a retrieval operation. The verb 'get' and lack of modification language confirm read-only behavior.
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The rule that runs get-contacts-by-businessId safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and GoHighLevel MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get-contacts-by-businessId, this is the rule to start with:
get-contacts-by-businessId 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 GoHighLevel MCP Server, apply this rule, and every get-contacts-by-businessId call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get-contacts-by-businessId
get-contacts-by-businessId is a read tool on the GoHighLevel MCP Server MCP server. It is categorised as a Read tool in the GoHighLevel MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the GoHighLevel MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-contacts-by-businessId: 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 GoHighLevel MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get-contacts-by-businessId 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-contacts-by-businessId 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-contacts-by-businessId. 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-contacts-by-businessId is provided by the GoHighLevel MCP Server MCP server (drausal/gohighlevel-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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