Download and parse an analytics report segment from its pre-signed URL. The segment data is gzip-compressed TSV. Returns parsed headers and rows (as key-value objects). Use list_analytics_report_segments to get the download URL first.
AI agents call download_analytics_report_segment to retrieve information from Asc without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and parses existing analytics report data. It has no side effects on data—it neither creates, modifies, deletes, nor executes operations. The pre-signed URL suggests read-only access to a specific resource. While it accesses potentially sensitive analytics data, the capability is strictly informational (Read category).
From the tool's definition Tool description states it "Download[s] and parse[s]" data from a "pre-signed URL" and "Returns parsed headers and rows". The action is retrieval and parsing of analytics data with no modification, deletion, or execution of arbitrary code.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access download_analytics_report_segment gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Asc, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for download_analytics_report_segment:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"download_analytics_report_segment": {}
}
}download_analytics_report_segment is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Download and parse an analytics report segment from its pre-signed URL. The segment data is gzip-compressed TSV. Returns parsed headers and rows (as key-value objects). Use list_analytics_report_segments to get the download URL first. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Asc MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Asc MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for download_analytics_report_segment: 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 Asc. Nothing to install.
download_analytics_report_segment 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 download_analytics_report_segment 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 download_analytics_report_segment. 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.
download_analytics_report_segment is provided by the Asc MCP server (asc-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Asc, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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