Get all reminders due today
AI agents call get_todays_reminders to retrieve information from Apple Reminders MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a query operation that retrieves reminders matching a date criterion (today) without any side effects, reversible changes, or destructive actions. The operation is read-only and returns data to the user. Severity is low because retrieving personal reminder data poses minimal security risk compared to tools that modify or delete reminders.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_todays_reminders' and description 'Get all reminders due today' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification, creation, or deletion of data.
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Get all reminders due today. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apple Reminders MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Apple Reminders MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_todays_reminders: 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 Apple Reminders MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_todays_reminders 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_todays_reminders 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_todays_reminders. 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_todays_reminders is provided by the Apple Reminders MCP Server MCP server (krishna-desiraju/apple-reminders-swift-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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