Get contacts. Filters: name_contains, email_contains, related_account_id. Returns: Id, FirstName, LastName, Email, Phone, Title, AccountId. Max 200 (default: 50).
AI agents call salesforce_get_contacts 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.
This tool retrieves contact data from Salesforce without any side effects. It performs a filtered query operation with no ability to create, modify, delete, or execute actions. The 200-record maximum and default limit of 50 further indicate a straightforward read operation. Severity is low because contact information access carries minimal blast radius in typical scenarios—it retrieves existing data only.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states 'Get contacts' with filter options and returns specific contact fields (Id, FirstName, LastName, Email, Phone, Title, AccountId). No modification, deletion, or execution capabilities described.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access salesforce_get_contacts 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_get_contacts:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"salesforce_get_contacts": {}
}
}salesforce_get_contacts is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get contacts. Filters: name_contains, email_contains, related_account_id. Returns: Id, FirstName, LastName, Email, Phone, Title, AccountId. Max 200 (default: 50). 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_get_contacts: 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_get_contacts 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_get_contacts 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_get_contacts. 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_get_contacts 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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