# add_task_context

Add context note to task (where left off, why doing it, etc).

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `add_task_context`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/add-task-context

## Facts

- Tool: `add_task_context`
- Server: Coach AI (`94aharris/coach-ai`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/94aharris/coach-ai
- 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": "add_task_context",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why add_task_context is rated Medium

This tool creates or modifies task metadata reversibly. While it doesn't delete or execute external operations, it does alter stored task information. The severity is medium because misuse could clutter tasks with misleading context or spam notes, but the changes are easily editable or removable.

From the tool's own definition: "add_task_context modifies task data by adding contextual notes. The tool name indicates it 'adds' content to tasks, and the description specifies it appends context notes (where left off, why doing it, etc.) to existing tasks, which is a reversible…"

## Use case

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

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

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

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

## Other tools on Coach AI (27)

- `delete_todo` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/delete-todo.md
- `parse_task_list` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/parse-task-list.md
- `start_my_day` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/start-my-day.md
- `start_my_week` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/start-my-week.md
- `generate_daily_summary` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/generate-daily-summary.md
- `get_daily_note_path` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/get-daily-note-path.md
- `get_recommendation` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/get-recommendation.md
- `get_user_context` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/get-user-context.md
- `list_goals` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/list-goals.md
- `list_todos` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/list-todos.md
- `read_daily_note_full` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/read-daily-note-full.md
- `read_daily_note_section` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/read-daily-note-section.md
- `sync_from_daily_note` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/sync-from-daily-note.md
- `add_daily_note_section` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/add-daily-note-section.md
- `add_todo` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/add-todo.md
- `add_user_fact` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/add-user-fact.md
- `batch_assign_timeframes` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/batch-assign-timeframes.md
- `brain_dump_tasks` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/brain-dump-tasks.md
- `break_down_task` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/break-down-task.md
- `complete_todo` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/complete-todo.md
- `create_daily_note` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/create-daily-note.md
- `log_accomplishment` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/log-accomplishment.md
- `set_goal` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/set-goal.md
- `set_todo_timeframe` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/set-todo-timeframe.md
- `set_week_theme` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/set-week-theme.md
- `sync_daily_note` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/sync-daily-note.md
- `write_daily_note_section` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/94aharris-coach-ai/write-daily-note-section.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=94aharris-coach-ai · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/94aharris-coach-ai