Finds shapes on a slide containing specific text (case-insensitive). Set partial_match=False for exact match.
AI agents call find_shape_by_text to retrieve information from PowerPoint 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 or queries information about existing shapes based on text content. It has no side effects—it does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. The case-insensitivity and partial_match parameters are search filters that do not alter the presentation. This is a classic Read operation: finding and returning data.
From the tool's definition Tool 'finds shapes on a slide containing specific text' - performs a query/search operation with no modification, creation, deletion, or execution of external operations. The description explicitly indicates a retrieval function.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access find_shape_by_text gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and PowerPoint MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for find_shape_by_text:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"find_shape_by_text": {}
}
}find_shape_by_text is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Finds shapes on a slide containing specific text (case-insensitive). Set partial_match=False for exact match. It is categorised as a Read tool in the PowerPoint MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the PowerPoint MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for find_shape_by_text: 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 PowerPoint MCP Server. Nothing to install.
find_shape_by_text 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 find_shape_by_text 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 find_shape_by_text. 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.
find_shape_by_text is provided by the PowerPoint MCP Server MCP server (jenstangen1/pptx-xlsx-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from PowerPoint 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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