Get metadata for an Excel workbook (name, size, last modified, web URL) by its drive item ID
AI agents call excel_get_workbook 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 performs a straightforward query operation that returns existing metadata about a workbook without modifying, deleting, or executing anything. It has minimal blast radius if misused—an AI agent could only retrieve metadata about workbooks it has access to. No destructive, financial, or code execution capabilities are present.
From the tool's definition The tool retrieves metadata for an Excel workbook (name, size, last modified, web URL) by its drive item ID. The verb 'Get' and the read-only nature of metadata retrieval (name, size, last modified, web URL) indicate no data modification or side effects occur.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access excel_get_workbook 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 excel_get_workbook:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"excel_get_workbook": {}
}
}excel_get_workbook is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get metadata for an Excel workbook (name, size, last modified, web URL) by its drive item ID. 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 excel_get_workbook: 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.
excel_get_workbook 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 excel_get_workbook 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 excel_get_workbook. 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.
excel_get_workbook 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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