Get checklist items (subtasks) for a specific task. Checklist items are smaller steps or components that belong to a parent task.
AI agents call get-checklist-items to retrieve information from My MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or queries checklist items (subtasks) associated with a task. It performs data retrieval without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. There is no destructive, financial, or execution component.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get-checklist-items' and description 'Get checklist items' indicate data retrieval. The phrase 'Get' and the retrieval nature of fetching subtasks for a task confirms this is a read-only operation with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get-checklist-items gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and My MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get-checklist-items:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get-checklist-items": {}
}
}get-checklist-items is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get checklist items (subtasks) for a specific task. Checklist items are smaller steps or components that belong to a parent task. It is categorised as a Read tool in the My MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the My MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-checklist-items: 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 My MCP. Nothing to install.
get-checklist-items 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 get-checklist-items 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 get-checklist-items. 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.
get-checklist-items is provided by the My MCP server (jordanburke/microsoft-todo-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from My MCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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