Get cost data for the organization, broken down by time buckets and optional grouping dimensions
AI agents call codex_get_cost_breakdown to retrieve information from Sage MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries financial cost data without the ability to create charges, move money, modify billing records, or execute transactions. It is a pure read operation on pre-existing data.
From the tool's definition Tool description uses 'Get' verb and indicates retrieval of cost data with no modification, deletion, or execution capability. The function performs a read-only query of existing cost breakdown information.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access codex_get_cost_breakdown gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Sage MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for codex_get_cost_breakdown:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"codex_get_cost_breakdown": {}
}
}codex_get_cost_breakdown is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get cost data for the organization, broken down by time buckets and optional grouping dimensions. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sage MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sage MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for codex_get_cost_breakdown: 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 Sage MCP. Nothing to install.
codex_get_cost_breakdown 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 codex_get_cost_breakdown 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 codex_get_cost_breakdown. 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.
codex_get_cost_breakdown is provided by the Sage MCP server (sagemcp/sagemcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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