Get object metadata and field definitions. Returns field names, types, and required flags. Common objects: Account, Contact, Opportunity, Lead, Case, Task.
AI agents call salesforce_describe_object to retrieve information from Apple Shortcuts without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
While the tool is read-only (not Write, Execute, Destructive, or Financial), it accesses Salesforce metadata which often contains sensitive business information about customer data structures, field validation rules, and system architecture. An AI agent could use this information to map attack surfaces, discover sensitive fields, or inform subsequent malicious operations.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves object metadata and field definitions from Salesforce without modifying data. Description states it 'Get[s] object metadata and field definitions. Returns field names, types, and required flags.' This is a read-only query operation.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access salesforce_describe_object 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_describe_object:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"salesforce_describe_object": {}
}
}salesforce_describe_object is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get object metadata and field definitions. Returns field names, types, and required flags. Common objects: Account, Contact, Opportunity, Lead, Case, Task. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apple Shortcuts MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Apple Shortcuts MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for salesforce_describe_object: 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_describe_object 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 salesforce_describe_object 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_describe_object. 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_describe_object 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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