Retrieve a record by ID with optional field selection
AI agents call get-record to retrieve information from Salesforce MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves data from Salesforce by record ID with optional field filtering. It is a query operation with no capability to create, modify, delete, or execute code. The 'optional field selection' parameter further confirms this is a safe read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get-record' and description 'Retrieve a record by ID with optional field selection' indicate a read-only operation that fetches existing data without modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get-record gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Salesforce MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get-record:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get-record": {}
}
} get-record is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Retrieve a record by ID with optional field selection. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Salesforce MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Salesforce MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-record: 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 Salesforce MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get-record 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-record 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-record. 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-record is provided by the Salesforce MCP Server MCP server (jaworjar95/salesforce-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Salesforce MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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