Create a Mixpanel dashboard that combines multiple reports and text into a single view. Use when the user asks for a "dashboard," "board", or requests to save several reports grouped together. For a single report request, prefer Run-Query. Requires query_id(s) from prior Run-Query calls (use skip...
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AI agents use Create-Dashboard to create or modify resources in Mixpanel. Write operations carry medium risk because an autonomous agent could trigger bulk unintended modifications. Rate limits prevent a single agent session from making hundreds of changes in rapid succession. Argument validation ensures the agent passes expected values.
Without a policy, an AI agent could call Create-Dashboard repeatedly, creating or modifying resources faster than any human could review. PolicyLayer's rate limiting ensures write operations happen at a controlled pace, and argument validation catches malformed or unexpected inputs before they reach Mixpanel.
Write tools can modify data. A rate limit prevents runaway bulk operations from AI agents.
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"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
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"Create-Dashboard": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "create-dashboard_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
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]
}
}
}See the full Mixpanel policy for all 30 tools.
These attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access Create-Dashboard gives an agent. Each links to the full case and the policy that stops it:
Other write tools across the catalogue. The same approach applies to each: rate-limit and validate the arguments.
Create a Mixpanel dashboard that combines multiple reports and text into a single view. Use when the user asks for a "dashboard," "board", or requests to save several reports grouped together. For a single report request, prefer Run-Query. Requires query_id(s) from prior Run-Query calls (use skip_results=true to chain multiple queries). Max 30 rows per dashboard. Each row can contain up to 4 items (text cards or reports). Row schema: {'$defs': {'ReportContent': {'description': 'Report content for a dashboard row.', 'properties': {'type': {'const': 'report', 'default': 'report', 'title': 'Type', 'type': 'string'}, 'query_id': {'description': 'query_id from Run-Query', 'title': 'Query Id', 'type': 'string'}, 'name': {'maxLength': 255, 'title': 'Name', 'type': 'string'}, 'description': {'anyOf': [{'type': 'string'}, {'type': 'null'}], 'default': None, 'title': 'Description'}}, 'required': ['query_id', 'name'], 'title': 'ReportContent', 'type': 'object'}, 'TextContent': {'description': 'Text content for a dashboard cell.', 'properties': {'type': {'const': 'text', 'default': 'text', 'title': 'Type', 'type': 'string'}, 'html_content': {'description': 'HTML content for the text card. Allowed tags: a, blockquote, br, code, em, h1, h2, h3, hr, li, mark, ol, p, s, strong, u, ul. Other tags are stripped. Do not include newlines; Each html element means a new line.', 'maxLength': 2000, 'title': 'Html Content', 'type': 'string'}}, 'required': ['html_content'], 'title': 'TextContent', 'type': 'object'}}, 'description': 'A row to add to a dashboard.', 'properties': {'contents': {'items': {'discriminator': {'mapping': {'report': '#/$defs/ReportContent', 'text': '#/$defs/TextContent'}, 'propertyName': 'type'}, 'oneOf': [{'$ref': '#/$defs/TextContent'}, {'$ref': '#/$defs/ReportContent'}]}, 'maxItems': 4, 'minItems': 1, 'title': 'Contents', 'type': 'array'}}, 'required': ['contents'], 'title': 'DashboardRow', 'type': 'object'} Time filter schema: {'$defs': {'DateRange': {'description': 'Date range specification for dashboard time filter.', 'properties': {'type': {'description': 'Type of date range', 'enum': ['since', 'between', 'in the last'], 'title': 'Type', 'type': 'string'}, 'from': {'anyOf': [{'type': 'string'}, {'type': 'null'}], 'default': None, 'description': "Start date (YYYY-MM-DD) for 'since' or 'between'", 'title': 'From'}, 'to': {'anyOf': [{'type': 'string'}, {'type': 'null'}], 'default': None, 'description': "End date (YYYY-MM-DD) for 'between'", 'title': 'To'}, 'window': {'anyOf': [{'$ref': '#/$defs/TimeWindow'}, {'type': 'null'}], 'default': None, 'description': "Time window for 'in the last'"}}, 'required': ['type'], 'title': 'DateRange', 'type': 'object'}, 'TimeWindow': {'description': 'Time window for relative date ranges.', 'properties': {'unit': {'description': 'Time unit', 'enum': ['day', 'week', 'month'], 'title': 'Unit', 'type': 'string'}, 'value': {'description': 'Number of units', 'minimum': 1, 'title': 'Value', 'type': 'integer'}}, 'required': ['unit', 'value'], 'title': 'TimeWindow', 'type': 'object'}}, 'description': 'Dashboard time filter.', 'properties': {'dateRange': {'$ref': '#/$defs/DateRange', 'description': 'Date range configuration'}, 'displayText': {'description': "Human-readable display text, e.g. 'Last 30 days'", 'title': 'Displaytext', 'type': 'string'}}, 'required': ['dateRange', 'displayText'], 'title': 'DashboardTimeFilter', 'type': 'object'}. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Mixpanel MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Mixpanel MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for Create-Dashboard: 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 Mixpanel. Nothing to install.
Create-Dashboard is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the Create-Dashboard 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 Create-Dashboard. 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.
Create-Dashboard is provided by the Mixpanel MCP server (@mixpanel-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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