Get detailed schema metadata including all fields, relationships, and field properties of any Salesforce object. Examples:
AI agents call salesforce_describe_object to retrieve information from Salesforce MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves schema metadata from Salesforce objects. It performs an informational read operation (analogous to DESCRIBE TABLE in SQL) without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any data changes.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get detailed schema metadata including all fields, relationships, and field properties' — a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access salesforce_describe_object gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Salesforce MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for salesforce_describe_object:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"salesforce_describe_object": {}
}
}salesforce_describe_object is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get detailed schema metadata including all fields, relationships, and field properties of any Salesforce object. Examples:. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Salesforce MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Salesforce MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for salesforce_describe_object: 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 Salesforce MCP Server. Nothing to install.
salesforce_describe_object 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 salesforce_describe_object 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 salesforce_describe_object. 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.
salesforce_describe_object is provided by the Salesforce MCP Server MCP server (tsmztech/mcp-server-salesforce). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 8 Salesforce MCP Server tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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8 Salesforce MCP Server tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.