List companies in the SparrowDesk account with optional filters and cursor pagination
AI agents call list_companies to retrieve information from SparrowDesk without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries company data with filtering and pagination capabilities. It produces no side effects, creates no data, executes no code, and makes no irreversible changes. It is a straightforward read operation typical of list/get endpoints in support ticket and contact management systems.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_companies' and description 'List companies in the SparrowDesk account with optional filters and cursor pagination' indicate a data retrieval operation with no modifications.
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List companies in the SparrowDesk account with optional filters and cursor pagination. It is categorised as a Read tool in the SparrowDesk MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the SparrowDesk MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_companies: 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 SparrowDesk. Nothing to install.
list_companies 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 list_companies 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 list_companies. 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.
list_companies is provided by the SparrowDesk MCP server (sparrowdesk/sparrowdesk-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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