Find CloudWatch dashboards with widgets referencing deleted resources.
AI agents call find_orphaned_cloudwatch_dashboards to retrieve information from AWS FinOps MCP Server 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 operation that searches for and lists CloudWatch dashboards matching specific criteria (those with orphaned widget references). It retrieves data for analysis without creating, modifying, deleting, executing code, or moving financial resources.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'find_orphaned_cloudwatch_dashboards' and description 'Find CloudWatch dashboards with widgets referencing deleted resources' indicate a query/search operation that identifies and retrieves information about existing dashboards without modifying or…
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Find CloudWatch dashboards with widgets referencing deleted resources. It is categorised as a Read tool in the AWS FinOps MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the AWS FinOps MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for find_orphaned_cloudwatch_dashboards: 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 AWS FinOps MCP Server. Nothing to install.
find_orphaned_cloudwatch_dashboards 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 find_orphaned_cloudwatch_dashboards 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 find_orphaned_cloudwatch_dashboards. 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.
find_orphaned_cloudwatch_dashboards is provided by the AWS FinOps MCP Server MCP server (prashantgupta123/aws-pillar-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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