Create a contact. Required: last_name. Optional: first_name, email, phone, title, related_account_id, fields.
AI agents use salesforce_create_contact to create or update resources in Apple Shortcuts — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Apple Shortcuts environment.
The tool creates new contact records in Salesforce, which is a reversible write operation. It does not execute arbitrary code, delete data, or move money. While contact creation could have downstream business implications depending on how the contact data is used, the operation itself is modifiable/reversible (contacts can be edited or deleted).
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Create a contact' with parameters for first_name, last_name, email, phone, title, related_account_id, and custom fields. This directly creates new data in Salesforce.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access salesforce_create_contact gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Apple Shortcuts, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for salesforce_create_contact:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"salesforce_create_contact": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "salesforce_create_contact_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}salesforce_create_contact stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Create a contact. Required: last_name. Optional: first_name, email, phone, title, related_account_id, fields. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Apple Shortcuts MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Apple Shortcuts MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for salesforce_create_contact: 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 Apple Shortcuts. Nothing to install.
salesforce_create_contact is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the salesforce_create_contact 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 salesforce_create_contact. 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.
salesforce_create_contact is provided by the Apple Shortcuts MCP server (@mindstone/mcp-server-apple-shortcuts). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Apple Shortcuts, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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