get-project-collaborators · Todoist MCP: Risk & Policy

WHAT IT DOES

What get-project-collaborators does on Todoist MCP

AI agents call get-project-collaborators to retrieve information from Todoist MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

WHY IT NEEDS A POLICY

Why get-project-collaborators needs a policy

This tool queries and retrieves collaborator information from a Todoist project. It performs a read-only operation that returns data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. The action verb 'Get' and absence of any mutative capability confirm this is a Read category tool with low blast radius if misused by an AI agent.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get-project-collaborators' and description 'Get all collaborators from a project' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.

Attacks that exploit this kind of access

Questions about get-project-collaborators

What does the get-project-collaborators tool do? +

Get all collaborators from a project in Todoist. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Todoist MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get-project-collaborators? +

Register the Todoist MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-project-collaborators: 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 Todoist MCP. Nothing to install.

What risk level is get-project-collaborators? +

get-project-collaborators is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit get-project-collaborators? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get-project-collaborators 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.

How do I block get-project-collaborators completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get-project-collaborators. 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 get-project-collaborators? +

get-project-collaborators is provided by the Todoist MCP server (jdh747/todoist-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.