Get Salesforce release notes for specific releases or features. Covers releases from 2015 to present (Winter
AI agents call get_release_notes to retrieve information from Salesforce Documentation 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 queries release notes documentation—a read-only operation with no side effects. It matches the 'Read' category definition: retrieves data without modification. The severity is low because release notes are typically public information with no sensitive data exposure or operational risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_release_notes' and description 'Get Salesforce release notes for specific releases or features' indicate retrieval of documentation. No mutation, deletion, execution, or financial operations are described.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_release_notes gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Salesforce Documentation MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_release_notes:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_release_notes": {}
}
}get_release_notes is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get Salesforce release notes for specific releases or features. Covers releases from 2015 to present (Winter. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Salesforce Documentation MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Salesforce Documentation MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_release_notes: 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 Documentation MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_release_notes 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 get_release_notes 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 get_release_notes. 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.
get_release_notes is provided by the Salesforce Documentation MCP Server MCP server (salesforcediariesbysanket/salesforce-docs-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Salesforce Documentation MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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