How To Limit Assistant Tools With BetterShield?

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Choose the security tools a connected AI app may use and understand how they intersect with read and change permissions.

With BetterShield, choose the security tools a connected AI app may use and understand how they intersect with read and change permissions.

What it does

Each connected AI app can be limited to the tools you choose. This is an additional boundary: it does not grant access that the site’s read/write switches, credential scope or account permissions forbid.

Step 1: Open BetterShield › Agents › Connect

Open BetterShield › Agents › Connect.

What a connected assistant can do explains the tools and access offered to a connection.

Step 2: Limit the tools offered to each connected app

Find the connected app and open Tools.
Review the offered tools and keep only those required for the app’s job.
Select Save Tools. The app sees the saved selection the next time it reads its tool list.
Ask the app to refresh its tool list or reconnect before testing.

Recommended settings

Our advice is to start with reading and checking. Give each app a separate connection and a reviewed tool selection. Do not share a credential between unrelated operators.

What it can break and how to undo

An app that loses a required tool can no longer complete that workflow. Restore that tool and save, provided the underlying site permission is still appropriate. Removing a tool does not undo actions already completed.

Final Outcome

Refresh the app’s tool list and confirm the chosen tools are offered. A tool excluded from this connection should not become callable merely because another app can use it.

This is how you can limit assistant tools with BetterShield.

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