Retrieves a list of background jobs for the Tableau site. Each job represents a background task such as an extract refresh, subscription delivery, flow run, or other asynchronous operations. This tool is restricted to Tableau site administrators and requires the \
AI agents call list-jobs to retrieve information from Tableau MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and lists existing background job information from Tableau—a read-only operation with no side effects, data modification, execution of external code, or financial impact. The admin-only restriction further reduces blast radius. Classified as Read with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list-jobs' and description 'Retrieves a list of background jobs' indicates a query/retrieval operation with no modification or deletion of data. Restricted to site administrators, limiting scope.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Retrieves a list of background jobs for the Tableau site. Each job represents a background task such as an extract refresh, subscription delivery, flow run, or other asynchronous operations. This tool is restricted to Tableau site administrators and requires the \. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Tableau MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Tableau MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list-jobs: 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 Tableau MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list-jobs 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-jobs 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-jobs. 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-jobs is provided by the Tableau MCP Server MCP server (tableau/tableau-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.