Check feature usage for a specific list of companies and identify which are at or above a usage threshold for any metered feature. Useful for proactive health checks on known accounts. Results are grouped by feature and sorted by percent used.
AI agents call check_companies_usage to retrieve information from Schematic without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and analyzes usage metrics for specified companies without creating, modifying, or deleting any data. It performs a read-only health check operation that returns status information grouped and sorted by the caller. No side effects or state changes occur.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Check[s] feature usage' and 'identify[s]' companies at thresholds. These are query/retrieval operations with no modifications. The verb 'check' and 'identify' indicate data inspection only.
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Check feature usage for a specific list of companies and identify which are at or above a usage threshold for any metered feature. Useful for proactive health checks on known accounts. Results are grouped by feature and sorted by percent used. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Schematic MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Schematic MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for check_companies_usage: 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 Schematic. Nothing to install.
check_companies_usage 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 check_companies_usage 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 check_companies_usage. 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.
check_companies_usage is provided by the Schematic MCP server (@schematichq/schematic-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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