AI agents call workspace_map to retrieve information from Tick without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and returns structural information about the user's workspace (folders, projects, task counts) for navigation purposes. The verb 'return' and absence of any create/update/delete/execute language confirm it is a read-only operation with no side effects or blast radius.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'workspace_map' and description 'Return a navigable map of folders and projects, optionally with active task counts' indicate data retrieval with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Return a navigable map of folders and projects, optionally with active task counts. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Tick MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Tick MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for workspace_map: 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 Tick. Nothing to install.
workspace_map 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 workspace_map 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 workspace_map. 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.
workspace_map is provided by the Tick MCP server (kpihx/tick-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
workspace_map is one line of Tick's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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