List available schedule optimization algorithms. Returns metadata for each algorithm so callers can choose one appropriate for their workload. Returns: Dict with algorithms (list of {name, display_name, description}) and total count.
AI agents call list_algorithms to retrieve information from Taskdog without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool purely queries and returns information about available schedule optimization algorithms. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute any algorithms—it only retrieves and presents their metadata. This is a classic Read operation with minimal risk if misused, since the worst outcome is viewing available options.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'list_algorithms' and description states it 'Returns metadata for each algorithm' and 'Returns: Dict with algorithms...'. The verb 'list' combined with 'returns metadata' indicates a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_algorithms gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Taskdog, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_algorithms:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_algorithms": {}
}
}list_algorithms is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List available schedule optimization algorithms. Returns metadata for each algorithm so callers can choose one appropriate for their workload. Returns: Dict with algorithms (list of {name, display_name, description}) and total count. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Taskdog MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Taskdog MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_algorithms: 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 Taskdog. Nothing to install.
list_algorithms 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_algorithms 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_algorithms. 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_algorithms is provided by the Taskdog MCP server (kohei-wada/taskdog). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Taskdog, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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