Check if a document has unpublished changes. Shows both draft and published versions if they exist.
AI agents call sanity_draft_status to retrieve information from Sanity 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 query operation that compares document versions to determine draft status. It retrieves data (draft vs. published state) for inspection purposes with no side effects, no data modification, and no irreversible actions. The presence of other destructive tools on the server (sanity_delete) confirms this is a separate, non-destructive capability.
From the tool's definition The tool 'sanity_draft_status' 'Check if a document has unpublished changes. Shows both draft and published versions if they exist.' retrieves and displays status information about document versions without modifying, deleting, or executing operations.
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Check if a document has unpublished changes. Shows both draft and published versions if they exist. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sanity MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sanity MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for sanity_draft_status: 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 Sanity MCP Server. Nothing to install.
sanity_draft_status 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 sanity_draft_status 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 sanity_draft_status. 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.
sanity_draft_status is provided by the Sanity MCP Server MCP server (purple-horizons/sanity-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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