Search for Salesforce standard and custom objects by name pattern. Examples:
AI agents call salesforce_search_objects to retrieve information from Salesforce MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs object discovery and metadata retrieval only. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations on Salesforce data or records. The sibling tools (salesforce_dml_records, salesforce_manage_field, salesforce_manage_object) handle write/execute/destructive operations, while this one is clearly limited to read-only search functionality.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Search[es] for Salesforce standard and custom objects by name pattern' with no mention of modifying, deleting, or executing operations. This is a search/query operation that retrieves metadata about objects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access salesforce_search_objects gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Salesforce MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for salesforce_search_objects:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"salesforce_search_objects": {}
}
}salesforce_search_objects is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Search for Salesforce standard and custom objects by name pattern. Examples:. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Salesforce MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Salesforce MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for salesforce_search_objects: 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 Salesforce MCP Server. Nothing to install.
salesforce_search_objects 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 salesforce_search_objects 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 salesforce_search_objects. 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.
salesforce_search_objects is provided by the Salesforce MCP Server MCP server (surajadsul/mcp-server-salesforce). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Salesforce MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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