Get detailed steps for a specific workflow. Provides complete instructions including commands, parameters, and expected outputs.
AI agents call hana_workflow_by_id 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 tool retrieves and queries workflow information by identifier. It returns read-only documentation and instructions without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any database operations. The sibling tools (hana_discover_*, hana_get_*, hana_examples, hana_interpret_result) reinforce this is an informational/discovery server focused on querying available tools and documentation.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get detailed steps for a specific workflow. Provides complete instructions' — the word 'Get' indicates data retrieval with no modification. The tool fetches and displays workflow documentation/instructions by ID.
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Get detailed steps for a specific workflow. Provides complete instructions including commands, parameters, and expected outputs. 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_workflow_by_id: 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_workflow_by_id 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_workflow_by_id 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_workflow_by_id. 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_workflow_by_id 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.
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