# custom_update_email_template_content

[CUSTOM] Calls the Marketo REST API directly (not Adobe's native MCP).

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `custom_update_email_template_content`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-update-email-template-content

## Facts

- Tool: `custom_update_email_template_content`
- Server: Marketo MCP Server (`tyron-pretorius/marketo-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/tyron-pretorius/marketo-mcp
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "custom_update_email_template_content",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why custom_update_email_template_content is rated Medium

This tool creates or modifies data reversibly (updating email templates), which falls under Write. Severity is high because modifying email templates can affect multiple active campaigns, potentially changing messaging to thousands of leads, though the change is technically reversible via re-updating.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'custom_update_email_template_content' indicates modification of email template content. Description states it 'Calls the Marketo REST API directly', confirming it performs API operations."

## Use case

AI agents use custom_update_email_template_content to create or update resources in Marketo MCP Server, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Marketo MCP Server environment.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Marketo MCP Server:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "custom_update_email_template_content": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "custom_update_email_template_content_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Marketo MCP Server (297)

- `custom_cancel_lead_export_job` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-cancel-lead-export-job.md
- `custom_delete_companies` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-companies.md
- `custom_delete_custom_activity_type` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-custom-activity-type.md
- `custom_delete_custom_activity_type_attributes` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-custom-activity-type-attributes.md
- `custom_delete_custom_object_type` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-custom-object-type.md
- `custom_delete_custom_object_type_fields` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-custom-object-type-fields.md
- `custom_delete_custom_objects` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-custom-objects.md
- `custom_delete_email` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-email.md
- `custom_delete_email_module` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-email-module.md
- `custom_delete_email_template` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-email-template.md
- `custom_delete_email_template2` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-email-template2.md
- `custom_delete_email2` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-email2.md
- `custom_delete_folder` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-folder.md
- `custom_delete_form` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-form.md
- `custom_delete_form_field` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-form-field.md
- `custom_delete_form_fieldset_field` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-form-fieldset-field.md
- `custom_delete_fragment` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-fragment.md
- `custom_delete_landing_page` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-landing-page.md
- `custom_delete_landing_page_content_section` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-landing-page-content-section.md
- `custom_delete_landing_page_template` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-landing-page-template.md
- `custom_delete_leads` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-leads.md
- `custom_delete_named_account_lists` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-named-account-lists.md
- `custom_delete_named_accounts` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-named-accounts.md
- `custom_delete_opportunities` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-opportunities.md
- `custom_delete_opportunity_roles` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-opportunity-roles.md
- `custom_delete_program` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-program.md
- `custom_delete_program_members` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-program-members.md
- `custom_delete_redirect_rule` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-redirect-rule.md
- `custom_delete_sales_persons` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-sales-persons.md
- `custom_delete_smart_campaign` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp/custom-delete-smart-campaign.md
- …and 267 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/tyron-pretorius-marketo-mcp.md

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