Retrieve metadata components from Salesforce
AI agents call metadata-retrieve 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.
The tool retrieves (reads) metadata about Salesforce objects and components. Metadata retrieval is a query operation with no side effects, no data modification, no code execution, and no destructive actions. It has minimal blast radius since it only exposes structural information about the Salesforce org.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'metadata-retrieve' and description 'Retrieve metadata components from Salesforce' indicate a read-only operation that fetches metadata without modifying or executing operations.
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Retrieve metadata components from Salesforce. 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 metadata-retrieve: 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.
metadata-retrieve 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 metadata-retrieve 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 metadata-retrieve. 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.
metadata-retrieve is provided by the Salesforce MCP Server MCP server (uday210/salesforce-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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