create-contact-child-folder
Create a new contactFolder as a child of a specified folder. You can also create a new contactFolder under the user's default contact folder. 💡 TIP: Creates a sub-folder under an existing contact folder. Body: { displayName: 'Sub-folder name' }. Use list-contact-folders to discover the parent id...
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What create-contact-child-folder does on Ms 365
AI agents use create-contact-child-folder to create or update resources in Ms 365, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Ms 365 environment.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
body | object | Yes | |
confirm | boolean | — | For destructive operations when the confirm gate is enabled (MS365_MCP_REQUIRE_CONFIRM=true; off by default). Set to true only after the user has explicitly app |
includeHeaders | boolean | — | Include response headers (including ETag) in the response metadata |
contactFolderId | string | Yes | Value for the 'contactFolderId' path segment. Pass it under the name 'contactFolderId', not as 'id'. Use the 'id' field of the contact folder object as returned |
excludeResponse | boolean | — | Exclude the full response body and only return success or failure indication |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why create-contact-child-folder is rated Medium
An AI agent can call create-contact-child-folder faster than any human can review: one bad instruction and it creates or modifies resources in Ms 365 by the hundred, each call as confident as the last.
Risk signalsAccepts raw HTML/template content (body) · High parameter count (12 properties)
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The rule that runs create-contact-child-folder safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Ms 365, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For create-contact-child-folder, this is the rule to start with:
create-contact-child-folder stays usable, but capped: an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Ms 365, apply this rule, and every create-contact-child-folder call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about create-contact-child-folder
Create a new contactFolder as a child of a specified folder. You can also create a new contactFolder under the user's default contact folder. 💡 TIP: Creates a sub-folder under an existing contact folder. Body: { displayName: 'Sub-folder name' }. Use list-contact-folders to discover the parent id. The returned contactFolder has its own id usable with update-contact-folder, delete-contact-folder, list-contact-folder-contacts, and create-contact-in-folder — contactFolder ids are mailbox-unique regardless of nesting depth. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Ms 365 MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
create-contact-child-folder accepts 5 parameters: body, confirm, includeHeaders, contactFolderId, excludeResponse. Required: body, contactFolderId. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Ms 365 MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create-contact-child-folder: 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 Ms 365. Nothing to install.
create-contact-child-folder is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the create-contact-child-folder 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 create-contact-child-folder. 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.
create-contact-child-folder is provided by the Ms 365 MCP server (@jo3zik/ms-365-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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