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AI agents call hana_recommend to retrieve information from SAP HANA CLI without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a query/discovery tool that retrieves and suggests information about available commands. It has no side effects—it merely interprets user intent and returns suggestions. No data is created, modified, executed, or destroyed. Similar in function to the sibling tools hana_discover_by_category, hana_discover_by_tag, and hana_examples, which are all Read category tools.
From the tool's definition Tool returns 'command recommendations based on natural language intent' with no indication of executing, modifying, or deleting data. Description shows it 'tells' recommendations rather than taking action.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get command recommendations based on natural language intent. Tell me what you want to do, and I\. It is categorised as a Read tool in the SAP HANA CLI MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the SAP HANA CLI MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for hana_recommend: 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 SAP HANA CLI. Nothing to install.
hana_recommend 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 hana_recommend 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 hana_recommend. 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.
hana_recommend is provided by the SAP HANA CLI MCP server (hana-cli). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Every MCP server has a record like this.
Type a name, get the same breakdown: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, capabilities, recommended policy.
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