Get the full contents of a workspace: all sheets, reports, folders, and dashboards. Use this to discover what resources exist in a workspace before accessing them. Args: - workspace_id (number): Smartsheet workspace ID - load_all (boolean, optional): If true, include nested folder contents Return...
AI agents call smartsheet_browse_workspace to retrieve information from Smartsheet MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
smartsheet_browse_workspace retrieves and lists workspace metadata (sheets, reports, folders, dashboards) without creating, modifying, or deleting any data. It is a discovery/query tool with no side effects. Severity is low because exposure of workspace structure poses minimal risk unless the workspace itself contains highly sensitive data, but that is a data sensitivity issue rather than a tool capability issue.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get the full contents of a workspace' and 'discover what resources exist'; returns 'Workspace contents tree with IDs' with no modification or deletion capability. The verb 'browse' and 'discover' are explicitly read-only operations.
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Get the full contents of a workspace: all sheets, reports, folders, and dashboards. Use this to discover what resources exist in a workspace before accessing them. Args: - workspace_id (number): Smartsheet workspace ID - load_all (boolean, optional): If true, include nested folder contents Returns: Workspace contents tree with IDs for all sheets, reports, folders, dashboards. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Smartsheet MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Smartsheet MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for smartsheet_browse_workspace: 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 Smartsheet MCP Server. Nothing to install.
smartsheet_browse_workspace 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 smartsheet_browse_workspace 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 smartsheet_browse_workspace. 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.
smartsheet_browse_workspace is provided by the Smartsheet MCP Server MCP server (prmbr42-bot/smartsheet-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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