Download error details from a failed import task as CSV. Data is ephemeral (~48 hours). Prerequisites: importId from show_imports, taskId from run_import response or show_tasks.
AI agents call download_importdump to retrieve information from Anaplan MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves diagnostic/error information about a previously executed import task. It performs a query-like operation to fetch existing data without modifying, creating, deleting, or executing any operations. The severity is low because the data is ephemeral error logs rather than primary business data, and the tool's purpose is purely informational.
From the tool's definition download_importdump" describes downloading error details from a failed import task as CSV. The verb "download" and explicit mention of retrieving error data indicate a read operation with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access download_importdump gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Anaplan MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for download_importdump:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"download_importdump": {}
}
}download_importdump is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Download error details from a failed import task as CSV. Data is ephemeral (~48 hours). Prerequisites: importId from show_imports, taskId from run_import response or show_tasks. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Anaplan MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Anaplan MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for download_importdump: 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 Anaplan MCP. Nothing to install.
download_importdump 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 download_importdump 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 download_importdump. 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.
download_importdump is provided by the Anaplan MCP server (larasrinath/anaplan-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Anaplan MCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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