Retrieve detailed information about a specific Twist channel along with its threads. This tool provides comprehensive metadata about a channel including its name, description, creation date, status, and optionally lists threads within the channel. By default, it includes open threads but this can...
AI agents call get_channel to retrieve information from Pointsyeah without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only query operation that retrieves and returns existing channel metadata and thread information without any side effects. It neither modifies, executes, deletes, nor commits financial actions. The ability to customize which threads are included does not change the fundamental read-only nature of the operation.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states it 'Retrieve[s] detailed information' and 'provides comprehensive metadata about a channel' and 'optionally lists threads within the channel.' The example response shows only information retrieval with no modifications.
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Retrieve detailed information about a specific Twist channel along with its threads. This tool provides comprehensive metadata about a channel including its name, description, creation date, status, and optionally lists threads within the channel. By default, it includes open threads but this can be disabled or customized. Example response: Channel Details: - Name: #engineering - ID: 123457 - Description: Engineering team updates and technical discussions - Workspace ID: 228287 - Status: Active - Created: 3/15/2024, 10:30:00 AM Threads (8 open threads): -. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Pointsyeah MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Pointsyeah MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_channel: 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 Pointsyeah. Nothing to install.
get_channel 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_channel 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_channel. 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_channel is provided by the Pointsyeah MCP server (slack-workspace-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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