Get field definitions for an Autotask entity type, including picklist values. Useful for discovering valid values for any picklist field.
AI agents call autotask_get_field_info to retrieve information from Autotask without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries metadata about Autotask entity schemas. It performs a read-only operation to discover valid field values and definitions, analogous to inspecting a database schema. There is no data creation, modification, deletion, or external action triggered. The low severity reflects that field definitions are typically non-sensitive metadata, and misuse would not cause material harm.
From the tool's definition Tool name includes 'get' and description states it retrieves 'field definitions' and 'picklist values' for entity types—pure data retrieval with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access autotask_get_field_info gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Autotask, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for autotask_get_field_info:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"autotask_get_field_info": {}
}
} autotask_get_field_info is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get field definitions for an Autotask entity type, including picklist values. Useful for discovering valid values for any picklist field. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Autotask MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Autotask MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for autotask_get_field_info: 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 Autotask. Nothing to install.
autotask_get_field_info 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 autotask_get_field_info 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 autotask_get_field_info. 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.
autotask_get_field_info is provided by the Autotask MCP server (wyre-technology/autotask-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Autotask, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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