Medium Risk

add_assignee

Call this when the user wants to add a team member or person who will be responsible for tasks. Name and email are both required. Ask the user for both before calling this tool.

Part of the Gantta MCP server. Enforce policies on this tool with Intercept, the open-source MCP proxy.

gantta/gantta-mcp Write Risk 2/5

AI agents use add_assignee to create or modify resources in Gantta. Write operations carry medium risk because an autonomous agent could trigger bulk unintended modifications. Rate limits prevent a single agent session from making hundreds of changes in rapid succession. Argument validation ensures the agent passes expected values.

Without a policy, an AI agent could call add_assignee repeatedly, creating or modifying resources faster than any human could review. Intercept's rate limiting ensures write operations happen at a controlled pace, and argument validation catches malformed or unexpected inputs before they reach Gantta.

Write tools can modify data. A rate limit prevents runaway bulk operations from AI agents.

gantta-gantta-mcp.yaml
tools:
  add_assignee:
    rules:
      - action: allow
        rate_limit:
          max: 30
          window: 60

See the full Gantta policy for all 26 tools.

Tool Name add_assignee
Category Write
MCP Server Gantta MCP Server
Risk Level Medium

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Agents calling write-class tools like add_assignee have been implicated in these attack patterns. Read the full case and prevention policy for each:

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Other tools in the Write risk category across the catalogue. The same policy patterns (rate-limit, validate) apply to each.

What does the add_assignee tool do? +

Call this when the user wants to add a team member or person who will be responsible for tasks. Name and email are both required. Ask the user for both before calling this tool.. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Gantta MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.

How do I enforce a policy on add_assignee? +

Add a rule in your Intercept YAML policy under the tools section for add_assignee. You can allow, deny, rate-limit, or validate arguments. Then run Intercept as a proxy in front of the Gantta MCP server.

What risk level is add_assignee? +

add_assignee is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.

Can I rate-limit add_assignee? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the add_assignee rule in your Intercept 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.

How do I block add_assignee completely? +

Set action: deny in the Intercept policy for add_assignee. 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.

What MCP server provides add_assignee? +

add_assignee is provided by the Gantta MCP server (gantta/gantta-mcp). Intercept sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policies on Gantta

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npx -y @policylayer/intercept
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