Load one contact from Sanka by contact id, numeric id, or external reference.
AI agents call get_contact to retrieve information from Sanka 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 a single contact record using identifying parameters. The verb 'Load' and the operation of fetching by ID are characteristic of read-only operations with no side effects. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_contact' and description 'Load one contact from Sanka by contact id, numeric id, or external reference' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or deletion.
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Load one contact from Sanka by contact id, numeric id, or external reference. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sanka MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sanka MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_contact: 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 Sanka MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_contact 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_contact 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_contact. 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_contact is provided by the Sanka MCP Server MCP server (sankahq/sanka-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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