Create new custom objects or modify existing ones in Salesforce: - Create: New custom objects with fields, relationships, and settings - Update: Modify existing object settings, labels, sharing model Examples: Create Customer_Feedback__c object, Update object sharing settings Note: Changes affect...
AI agents use salesforce_manage_object to create or update resources in Salesforce MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Salesforce MCP Server environment.
This tool creates or modifies Salesforce custom objects and their metadata, which are reversible operations (objects and settings can be modified or deleted later). While high-impact because changes affect system metadata and permissions, the operations are not permanent deletions and can be undone, placing it in the Write category rather than Destructive.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states 'Create new custom objects or modify existing ones' and 'Create: New custom objects with fields, relationships, and settings' and 'Update: Modify existing object settings, labels, sharing model'.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access salesforce_manage_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_manage_object:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"salesforce_manage_object": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "salesforce_manage_object_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}salesforce_manage_object stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Create new custom objects or modify existing ones in Salesforce: - Create: New custom objects with fields, relationships, and settings - Update: Modify existing object settings, labels, sharing model Examples: Create Customer_Feedback__c object, Update object sharing settings Note: Changes affect metadata and require proper permissions. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Salesforce MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Salesforce MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for salesforce_manage_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_manage_object is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the salesforce_manage_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_manage_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_manage_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.