Download all exportable card images from a dashboard.
AI agents call download_all_dashboard_cards to retrieve information from Metabase Mcp Navi without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool retrieves and exports pre-rendered card images from a dashboard. While it downloads data, it does not execute queries, modify dashboard state, delete content, or trigger financial operations. The most restrictive action is read-access to already-rendered visualizations, making this a Read category tool with low severity since it only accesses existing exported content.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description both indicate data retrieval: 'download_all_dashboard_cards' and 'Download all exportable card images from a dashboard.' This exports/downloads existing visualization images without modifying, deleting, or executing queries.
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Download all exportable card images from a dashboard. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Metabase Mcp Navi MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Metabase Mcp Navi MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for download_all_dashboard_cards: 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 Metabase Mcp Navi. Nothing to install.
download_all_dashboard_cards 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_all_dashboard_cards 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_all_dashboard_cards. 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_all_dashboard_cards is provided by the Metabase Mcp Navi MCP server (manish-coder-1007/metabase-mcp-navi). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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