AI agents call get_dataset_info to retrieve information from PowerBI Analyst MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool's name and position within a data browsing/querying suite strongly suggests it retrieves metadata or information about datasets. No evidence of side effects, modification, deletion, or financial impact.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_dataset_info' and context (browsing workspaces, tables, measures) indicate data retrieval. Description is empty, which reduces confidence.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_dataset_info gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and PowerBI Analyst MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_dataset_info:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_dataset_info": {}
}
}get_dataset_info is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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get_dataset_info. It is categorised as a Read tool in the PowerBI Analyst MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the PowerBI Analyst MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_dataset_info: 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 PowerBI Analyst MCP. Nothing to install.
get_dataset_info 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 get_dataset_info 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 get_dataset_info. 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.
get_dataset_info is provided by the PowerBI Analyst MCP server (mbrummerstedt/powerbi-analyst-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from PowerBI Analyst 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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