Read cell data from a module view. Use pages param to select specific page dimensions. For reports across ALL products/customers, use run_export instead -- do NOT call read_cells in a loop per item. viewId can be a saved view or moduleId (default). For >1M cells, use create_view_readrequest.
AI agents call read_cells 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 or queries data from Anaplan module views without side effects. It has no capability to modify, delete, or execute operations. The blast radius of misuse is limited to unauthorized data access or information leakage, which is a low-severity read risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'read_cells' and description states 'Read cell data from a module view' — the primary action is data retrieval with no modification, creation, or deletion.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access read_cells 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 read_cells:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"read_cells": {}
}
}read_cells is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Read cell data from a module view. Use pages param to select specific page dimensions. For reports across ALL products/customers, use run_export instead -- do NOT call read_cells in a loop per item. viewId can be a saved view or moduleId (default). For >1M cells, use create_view_readrequest. 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 read_cells: 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.
read_cells 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 read_cells 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 read_cells. 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.
read_cells 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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