Low Risk

test-connection

Test Salesforce connection and return organization info

How to control test-connection ↓

What test-connection does on Salesforce MCP Server

AI agents call test-connection 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.

Low Risk

Why test-connection needs a policy

This tool performs a diagnostic check and information retrieval operation. It tests connectivity and returns organization information, which are read-only actions with no side effects, no code execution, no data modification, and no destructive capability. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius—a misconfigured test would only expose organizational metadata already available to authenticated users.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'test-connection' and description 'Test Salesforce connection and return organization info' indicate a read-only operation that queries connection status and retrieves metadata about the organization without modifying or executing anything.

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access test-connection gives an agent:

How to control test-connection

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 test-connection:

policy.json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "test-connection": {}
  }
}

test-connection is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

  1. Create a free account and register Salesforce MCP Server — nothing to install.
  2. Add this policy — paste it, or build it visually.
  3. Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.
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Questions about test-connection

What does the test-connection tool do? +

Test Salesforce connection and return organization info. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Salesforce MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on test-connection? +

Register the Salesforce MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for test-connection: 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.

What risk level is test-connection? +

test-connection is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit test-connection? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the test-connection 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.

How do I block test-connection completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for test-connection. 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.

What MCP server provides test-connection? +

test-connection 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.

Enforce policy on every Salesforce MCP Server tool call.

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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