Search across all accessible Smartsheet assets (sheets, reports, dashboards, rows, cells, discussions). Returns matching objects with their type, ID, and parent context. Use this to find sheets by name, locate rows containing specific text, or discover resources. Args: - query (string): Search te...
AI agents call smartsheet_search 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_search performs read-only queries across Smartsheet data structures. It retrieves and returns information without creating, modifying, deleting, or triggering side effects. Even if an AI agent misuses this tool with broad or sensitive search queries, the blast radius is limited to information disclosure of already-accessible assets, which is inherently low-risk for a search function.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Search across all accessible Smartsheet assets' and 'Returns matching objects with their type, ID, and parent context.' The functionality is explicitly retrieval-based: 'find sheets by name, locate rows containing specific text, or…
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Search across all accessible Smartsheet assets (sheets, reports, dashboards, rows, cells, discussions). Returns matching objects with their type, ID, and parent context. Use this to find sheets by name, locate rows containing specific text, or discover resources. Args: - query (string): Search text (minimum 2 characters) - scope (string[], optional): Limit to specific object types:. 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_search: 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_search 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_search 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_search. 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_search 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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