Retrieves a list of users on the Tableau site. Each user includes profile information such as site role, email, last login time, and authentication settings. Use this tool when you need to: - Identify inactive users for license reclamation - Audit user site roles and permissions - Find users by e...
AI agents call list-users 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 queries user data without modifying, deleting, or executing actions. It falls squarely into the Read category. Severity is medium rather than low because user lists expose PII (emails, authentication settings, activity patterns) that could be misused for social engineering, account targeting, or compliance violations if an AI agent exports the full list without authorization.
From the tool's definition Tool 'Retrieves a list of users on the Tableau site' with profile information including 'site role, email, last login time, and authentication settings'.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Retrieves a list of users on the Tableau site. Each user includes profile information such as site role, email, last login time, and authentication settings. Use this tool when you need to: - Identify inactive users for license reclamation - Audit user site roles and permissions - Find users by email, name, or site role - Review user authentication settings - Analyze user activity based on last login times Parameters: - \. 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-users: 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-users 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-users 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-users. 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-users 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.