Generate a comprehensive cost report from infracost output with optimization suggestions.
AI agents call generate_cost_report to retrieve information from Terraform Best Practices without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool reads and analyzes infracost output to produce a cost report with recommendations. It does not move money, execute infrastructure changes, or modify any data — it merely generates an informational report. Severity is medium because cost data can be sensitive and misuse could expose cloud spending details or lead to poor financial decisions if suggestions are misinterpreted.
From the tool's definition Generate a comprehensive cost report from infracost output with optimization suggestions
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Generate a comprehensive cost report from infracost output with optimization suggestions. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Terraform Best Practices MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Terraform Best Practices MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for generate_cost_report: 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 Terraform Best Practices. Nothing to install.
generate_cost_report 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 generate_cost_report 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 generate_cost_report. 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.
generate_cost_report is provided by the Terraform Best Practices MCP server (@downatthebottomofthemolehole/terraform-best-practices-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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