Get communication preferences for a contact
AI agents call communications_get_preferences to retrieve information from HubSpot MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves existing communication preference settings for a contact, which is a read-only operation. It queries data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. The verb 'Get' and the read-only nature of accessing preferences (not changing them) clearly indicate a Read category.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'communications_get_preferences' with verb 'Get' and description states 'Get communication preferences for a contact' - purely retrieves data with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access communications_get_preferences gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and HubSpot MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for communications_get_preferences:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"communications_get_preferences": {}
}
}communications_get_preferences is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get communication preferences for a contact. It is categorised as a Read tool in the HubSpot MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the HubSpot MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for communications_get_preferences: 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 HubSpot MCP. Nothing to install.
communications_get_preferences 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 communications_get_preferences 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 communications_get_preferences. 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.
communications_get_preferences is provided by the HubSpot MCP server (shinzo-labs/hubspot-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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