Get a list of companies, retrieve all companies for the provided filters. This endpoint allows you to filter companies by various parameters including custom fields, tags, search terms, and more.
AI agents call getCompanies to retrieve information from Teamwork MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and filters existing company data without side effects. It matches the Read category definition: 'retrieves or queries data; no side effects (search, list, get, fetch).' The severity is low because unauthorized access to a company list poses minimal risk compared to write, execute, or destructive operations. No financial or destructive actions are possible.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getCompanies' and description 'Get a list of companies' indicate data retrieval. Description states 'retrieve all companies' and 'allows you to filter companies by various parameters' — these are read-only query operations with no modification,…
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access getCompanies gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Teamwork MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for getCompanies:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"getCompanies": {}
}
}getCompanies is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get a list of companies, retrieve all companies for the provided filters. This endpoint allows you to filter companies by various parameters including custom fields, tags, search terms, and more. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Teamwork MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Teamwork MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getCompanies: 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 Teamwork MCP. Nothing to install.
getCompanies 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 getCompanies 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 getCompanies. 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.
getCompanies is provided by the Teamwork MCP server (vizioz/teamwork-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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