Describes the available fields for an account object in Salesforce.
AI agents call describe_account_schema to retrieve information from Salesforce MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and returns structural metadata about Salesforce account objects without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is purely informational retrieval, making it a Read category risk with low severity. The blast radius of misuse is minimal since an AI agent can only learn the schema structure, not access or modify actual account data.
From the tool's definition The tool 'describe_account_schema' performs a schema introspection operation that retrieves metadata about available fields for account objects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Describes the available fields for an account object in Salesforce. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Salesforce MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Salesforce MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for describe_account_schema: 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 Salesforce MCP Server. Nothing to install.
describe_account_schema 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 describe_account_schema 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 describe_account_schema. 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.
describe_account_schema is provided by the Salesforce MCP Server MCP server (obot-platform/salesforce-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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