List available processes (chained import/export actions). Use run_process to execute, then get_action_status to monitor.
AI agents call show_processes 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 queries and returns metadata about available processes without modifying state, triggering execution, or affecting data. It is a pure information-retrieval operation analogous to 'list' or 'get', placing it firmly in the Read category with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'List available processes' — a retrieval operation with no side effects. The tool merely enumerates existing processes; execution is deferred to run_process and monitoring to get_action_status.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access show_processes 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 show_processes:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"show_processes": {}
}
}show_processes is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List available processes (chained import/export actions). Use run_process to execute, then get_action_status to monitor. 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 show_processes: 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.
show_processes 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 show_processes 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 show_processes. 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.
show_processes 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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