sf_activity_summary

Aggregate Task and Event counts grouped by Lead Source, Campaign, or Owner. Returns total activities, completed activities, and open activities per group within an optional date range. Use to understand sales follow-up patterns and marketing-sourced activity volume.

Server Salesforce Marketing salesforce-marketing-mcp
Category Read
Risk class Low
Parameters 31 required

What sf_activity_summary does on Salesforce Marketing

AI agents call sf_activity_summary to retrieve information from Salesforce Marketing without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
dateTo string
groupBy string Yes
dateFrom string

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

Why sf_activity_summary needs a policy

This tool retrieves and aggregates historical activity metrics (counts of tasks and events) grouped by various dimensions. It performs no side effects, does not modify data, execute code, delete records, or move money. It is a straightforward read operation for analytical reporting on sales follow-up patterns.

From the tool's definition Tool description specifies it 'Aggregate[s] Task and Event counts' and 'Returns total activities, completed activities, and open activities per group' — purely query and retrieval operations with no modification, deletion, or execution.

Questions about sf_activity_summary

What does the sf_activity_summary tool do? +

Aggregate Task and Event counts grouped by Lead Source, Campaign, or Owner. Returns total activities, completed activities, and open activities per group within an optional date range. Use to understand sales follow-up patterns and marketing-sourced activity volume. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Salesforce Marketing MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

What parameters does sf_activity_summary accept? +

sf_activity_summary accepts 3 parameters: dateTo, groupBy, dateFrom. Required: groupBy. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.

How do I enforce a policy on sf_activity_summary? +

Register the Salesforce Marketing MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for sf_activity_summary: 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 Salesforce Marketing. Nothing to install.

What risk level is sf_activity_summary? +

sf_activity_summary is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit sf_activity_summary? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the sf_activity_summary 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.

How do I block sf_activity_summary completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for sf_activity_summary. 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.

What MCP server provides sf_activity_summary? +

sf_activity_summary is provided by the Salesforce Marketing MCP server (salesforce-marketing-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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