Discover relationship types and link types available
AI agents call discover_relationships to retrieve information from Azure DevOps MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and enumerates configuration metadata (relationship types and link types) from Azure DevOps. It has no side effects, does not execute code or operations, and does not create, modify, or delete data. It is purely informational, matching the Read category profile of tools that query or retrieve data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'discover_relationships' and description 'Discover relationship types and link types available' indicate a query/retrieval operation that returns metadata about available relationship and link types without modifying or executing anything.
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Discover relationship types and link types available. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Azure DevOps MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Azure DevOps MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for discover_relationships: 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 Azure DevOps MCP Server. Nothing to install.
discover_relationships 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 discover_relationships 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 discover_relationships. 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.
discover_relationships is provided by the Azure DevOps MCP Server MCP server (jaybird-us/azure-devops-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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