# create_task

Create a new task in Nextcloud Tasks with optional due date, start date, tags, location, and subtask relationships.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `create_task`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/create-task

## Facts

- Tool: `create_task`
- Server: AIquila — Nextcloud MCP Server (`elgorro/aiquila`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/elgorro/aiquila.git
- 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": "create_task",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why create_task is rated Medium

This tool creates new task records with metadata (due date, start date, tags, location, subtasks). This is reversible (tasks can be deleted) and has no destructive, financial, or code execution component. It modifies the Nextcloud task database by adding entries.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool description states 'Create a new task in Nextcloud Tasks' — a CREATE operation that adds new data to the system."

## Use case

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

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

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

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

## Other tools on AIquila — Nextcloud MCP Server (294)

- `bulk_file_operations` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/bulk-file-operations.md
- `circles_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/circles-delete.md
- `circles_remove_member` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/circles-remove-member.md
- `clear_out_of_office` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/clear-out-of-office.md
- `clear_user_status_message` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/clear-user-status-message.md
- `delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete.md
- `delete_all_form_submissions` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-all-form-submissions.md
- `delete_all_notifications` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-all-notifications.md
- `delete_announcement` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-announcement.md
- `delete_bookmark` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-bookmark.md
- `delete_bookmark_folder` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-bookmark-folder.md
- `delete_bookmark_tag` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-bookmark-tag.md
- `delete_contact` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-contact.md
- `delete_coworker` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-coworker.md
- `delete_event` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-event.md
- `delete_feed` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-feed.md
- `delete_form` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-form.md
- `delete_form_option` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-form-option.md
- `delete_form_question` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-form-question.md
- `delete_form_share` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-form-share.md
- `delete_form_submission` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-form-submission.md
- `delete_map` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-map.md
- `delete_map_device` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-map-device.md
- `delete_map_favorite` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-map-favorite.md
- `delete_news_folder` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-news-folder.md
- `delete_note` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-note.md
- `delete_poll` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-poll.md
- `delete_poll_comment` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-poll-comment.md
- `delete_poll_option` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-poll-option.md
- `delete_poll_share` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server/delete-poll-share.md
- …and 264 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server.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=aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/aiquila-nextcloud-mcp-server