# create_pa_breakdown

Create a Performance Analytics (PA) breakdown on

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `create_pa_breakdown`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/servicenow-mcp-server/create-pa-breakdown

## Facts

- Tool: `create_pa_breakdown`
- Server: ServiceNow MCP Server (`@aartiq/servicenow-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/servicenow-mcp-server.md
- Install: `npx -y @aartiq/servicenow-mcp`
- Homepage: https://github.com/aartiq/servicenow-mcp
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity verified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "create_pa_breakdown",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why create_pa_breakdown is rated Medium

This tool creates a new Performance Analytics breakdown object in ServiceNow. Creating analytics breakdowns is a reversible write operation that modifies the ServiceNow configuration/reporting state. It does not execute arbitrary code, delete data, or move money. Confidence is moderate due to incomplete description, but the 'create' verb and PA context clearly indicate Write category.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'create_pa_breakdown' and verb 'Create' indicate data creation. Description is incomplete ('Create a Performance Analytics (PA) breakdown on') but the action is clearly creational, not destructive or read-only."

## Use case

AI agents use create_pa_breakdown to create or update resources in ServiceNow MCP Server, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your ServiceNow MCP Server environment.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches ServiceNow MCP Server:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "create_pa_breakdown": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "create_pa_breakdown_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

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- `delete_system_property` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/servicenow-mcp-server/delete-system-property.md
- `delete_uib_page` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/servicenow-mcp-server/delete-uib-page.md
- `remove_user_from_group` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/servicenow-mcp-server/remove-user-from-group.md
- `rollback_changes` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/servicenow-mcp-server/rollback-changes.md
- `rollback_deployment` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/servicenow-mcp-server/rollback-deployment.md
- `batch_request` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/servicenow-mcp-server/batch-request.md
- `categorize_incident` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/servicenow-mcp-server/categorize-incident.md
- `commit_changeset` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/servicenow-mcp-server/commit-changeset.md
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- `create_flow_action` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/servicenow-mcp-server/create-flow-action.md
- `create_scheduled_job` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/servicenow-mcp-server/create-scheduled-job.md
- `create_script_include` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/servicenow-mcp-server/create-script-include.md
- `create_ui_action` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/servicenow-mcp-server/create-ui-action.md
- `execute_background_script` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/servicenow-mcp-server/execute-background-script.md
- `execute_playbook` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/servicenow-mcp-server/execute-playbook.md
- `execute_script` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/servicenow-mcp-server/execute-script.md
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- `fluent_init` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/servicenow-mcp-server/fluent-init.md
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- `ml_train_change_risk` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/servicenow-mcp-server/ml-train-change-risk.md
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- `publish_changeset` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/servicenow-mcp-server/publish-changeset.md
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## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=servicenow-mcp-server · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/servicenow-mcp-server