Get an association by its key name. Useful for finding both standard and user-defined associations.
AI agents call ghl_get_association_by_key to retrieve information from GoHighLevel MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a straightforward data retrieval/lookup function. It queries associations by key and returns results without side effects. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. The low severity reflects minimal risk if misused by an AI agent—it can only leak information about existing associations.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'get' and description states 'Get an association by its key name' — a retrieval operation with no modification or deletion of data.
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Get an association by its key name. Useful for finding both standard and user-defined associations. It is categorised as a Read tool in the GoHighLevel MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the GoHighLevel MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for ghl_get_association_by_key: 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 GoHighLevel MCP Server. Nothing to install.
ghl_get_association_by_key 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 ghl_get_association_by_key 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 ghl_get_association_by_key. 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.
ghl_get_association_by_key is provided by the GoHighLevel MCP Server MCP server (tailormadeweddings/gohighlevel-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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