打开一个现有的Excel工作簿并读取其基本信息。 Args: file_path: Excel工作簿的完整路径或相对于输出目录的路径 Returns: 工作簿的基本信息
AI agents call open_excel_workbook to retrieve information from Office Editor without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool opens an existing file and reads/returns its basic information. No data is created, modified, or deleted. This is a pure read operation with minimal blast radius.
From the tool's definition 打开一个现有的Excel工作簿并读取其基本信息 (Opens an existing Excel workbook and reads its basic information)
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access open_excel_workbook gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Office Editor, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for open_excel_workbook:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"open_excel_workbook": {}
}
}open_excel_workbook is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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打开一个现有的Excel工作簿并读取其基本信息。 Args: file_path: Excel工作簿的完整路径或相对于输出目录的路径 Returns: 工作簿的基本信息. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Office Editor MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Office Editor MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for open_excel_workbook: 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 Office Editor. Nothing to install.
open_excel_workbook 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 open_excel_workbook 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 open_excel_workbook. 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.
open_excel_workbook is provided by the Office Editor MCP server (thewdy/office-editor-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 88 Office Editor tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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