List task history for an import, export, process, or action. Returns taskIds for use with get_action_status, cancel_task, or download_importdump/download_processdump.
AI agents call show_tasks 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.
show_tasks is a straightforward querying function that retrieves historical task information from the Anaplan system. While it may return identifiers useful for triggering subsequent operations (like cancel_task), the tool itself only performs a read operation on existing data. It has no capability to modify, delete, or execute any actions—those are separate tools.
From the tool's definition The tool 'show_tasks' returns task history and taskIds for monitoring import, export, process, or action operations. The description explicitly uses 'List' and 'Returns', indicating data retrieval with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access show_tasks 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_tasks:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"show_tasks": {}
}
}show_tasks is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List task history for an import, export, process, or action. Returns taskIds for use with get_action_status, cancel_task, or download_importdump/download_processdump. 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_tasks: 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_tasks 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_tasks 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_tasks. 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_tasks 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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