Get a Visual Analytics report's metadata and definition.
AI agents call get_report to retrieve information from SAS MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only operation to retrieve report metadata and definition from a Visual Analytics system. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. The retrieval of metadata has minimal blast radius even if an AI agent misuses it, as it only exposes existing report structure information without enabling further actions on that data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_report' and description 'Get a Visual Analytics report's metadata and definition' indicate retrieval of report metadata and structure without modification or execution. No side effects, data modification, or external operations are triggered.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_report gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and SAS MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_report:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_report": {}
}
}get_report is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get a Visual Analytics report's metadata and definition. It is categorised as a Read tool in the SAS MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the SAS MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_report: 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 SAS MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_report 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_report 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_report. 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_report is provided by the SAS MCP Server MCP server (sassoftware/sas-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from SAS 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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