List saved views in a module. Use includeSubsidiaryViews=true for unsaved subsidiary views. View IDs needed for read_cells. Tip: moduleId works as default viewId.
AI agents call show_savedviews 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 retrieves information about saved views in an Anaplan module without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a pure data retrieval utility with no side effects, fitting the Read category. Severity is low because listing metadata poses minimal risk—an agent could not cause harm by viewing available views.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states 'List saved views in a module' and notes that 'View IDs needed for read_cells', indicating this is a retrieval operation with no modification or deletion capability.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access show_savedviews 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_savedviews:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"show_savedviews": {}
}
}show_savedviews is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List saved views in a module. Use includeSubsidiaryViews=true for unsaved subsidiary views. View IDs needed for read_cells. Tip: moduleId works as default viewId. 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_savedviews: 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_savedviews 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_savedviews 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_savedviews. 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_savedviews 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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