Analyze logs for a specific NewRelic entity by GUID. Use this to investigate issues with a particular service, application, or infrastructure component.
AI agents call analyze_entity_logs to retrieve information from NewRelic MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and analyzes existing log data from NewRelic. The word 'analyze' indicates inspection and querying of data, not creation, modification, deletion, or execution of external operations. The purpose is investigative/diagnostic. No side effects are implied beyond reading logs.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'analyze_entity_logs' and description states 'Analyze logs for a specific NewRelic entity' and 'to investigate issues' — core operations are querying and examining log data without modification or deletion.
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Analyze logs for a specific NewRelic entity by GUID. Use this to investigate issues with a particular service, application, or infrastructure component. It is categorised as a Read tool in the NewRelic MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the NewRelic MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for analyze_entity_logs: 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 NewRelic MCP Server. Nothing to install.
analyze_entity_logs 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 analyze_entity_logs 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 analyze_entity_logs. 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.
analyze_entity_logs is provided by the NewRelic MCP Server MCP server (ruminaider/newrelic-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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