find_checklist_items_by_description
Search for checklist items containing specific text in their description
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What find_checklist_items_by_description does on Trello
AI agents call find_checklist_items_by_description to retrieve information from Trello without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why find_checklist_items_by_description is rated Low
This tool retrieves or queries checklist items based on search criteria. It performs a read-only search operation without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could only retrieve information already accessible within the Trello board context.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'find_checklist_items_by_description' and description 'Search for checklist items containing specific text in their description' indicate a query/search operation with no data modification.
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The rule that runs find_checklist_items_by_description safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Trello, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For find_checklist_items_by_description, this is the rule to start with:
find_checklist_items_by_description is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Trello, apply this rule, and every find_checklist_items_by_description call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about find_checklist_items_by_description
Search for checklist items containing specific text in their description. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Trello MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Trello MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for find_checklist_items_by_description: 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 Trello. Nothing to install.
find_checklist_items_by_description 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 find_checklist_items_by_description 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 find_checklist_items_by_description. 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.
find_checklist_items_by_description is provided by the Trello MCP server (@delorenj/mcp-server-trello). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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