Search for platform artifacts by name, type, or scope (business rules, scripts, widgets, etc.)
AI agents call find_artifact to retrieve information from ServiceNow-MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or queries data about ServiceNow platform artifacts without modifying, executing, or deleting anything. It is a read-only search operation with no side effects. Low severity because a misused search poses minimal risk—it may expose metadata about artifacts but cannot modify systems or trigger unwanted actions.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Search for platform artifacts' with filtering by 'name, type, or scope'. The verb 'Search' and absence of any modification language (create, update, delete, execute) indicate query-only functionality.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search for platform artifacts by name, type, or scope (business rules, scripts, widgets, etc.). It is categorised as a Read tool in the ServiceNow-MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the ServiceNow- MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for find_artifact: 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 ServiceNow-MCP. Nothing to install.
find_artifact 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 find_artifact 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 find_artifact. 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.
find_artifact is provided by the ServiceNow- MCP server (tedorigawa001/servicenow-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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