snow_get_pending_approvals

What snow_get_pending_approvals does on Serac

AI agents call snow_get_pending_approvals to retrieve information from Serac without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why snow_get_pending_approvals is rated Low

This tool retrieves approval status information from ServiceNow without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward data query operation that presents minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent, as the worst case is reading information the user may already have access to.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'snow_get_pending_approvals' and description 'Get pending approvals for user' indicate a retrieval operation. The verb 'Get' and the absence of any modification language confirm this is a query-only action with no side effects.

The rule that runs snow_get_pending_approvals safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Serac, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For snow_get_pending_approvals, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "snow_get_pending_approvals": {}
  }
}

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