Retrieve a record by Salesforce ID
AI agents call retrieve to retrieve information from Salesforce MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The retrieve function queries and returns an existing Salesforce record by its unique identifier. This is a standard read operation with no side effects—it does not create, modify, delete, or execute anything. The blast radius of misuse is minimal; an attacker could only access data they query, not alter it.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'retrieve' and description 'Retrieve a record by Salesforce ID' indicate a pure read operation that fetches data without modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Retrieve a record by Salesforce ID. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Salesforce MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Salesforce MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for retrieve: 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. Nothing to install.
retrieve 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 retrieve 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 retrieve. 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.
retrieve is provided by the Salesforce MCP server (jpmonette/salesforce-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Every MCP server has a record like this.
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