List work items assigned to me, organized by state
AI agents call list_my_work 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 organizes existing work item data for the authenticated user without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward read operation with minimal security risk—the worst case is information disclosure limited to the user's own assignments.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_my_work' and description 'List work items assigned to me, organized by state' indicate a pure query/retrieval operation with no modification or deletion of data.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List work items assigned to me, organized by state. 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 list_my_work: 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.
list_my_work 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 list_my_work 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 list_my_work. 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.
list_my_work 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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