Get all notifications for the current user. Useful for seeing what has changed recently — new comments, task assignments, etc.
AI agents call get_notifications to retrieve information from Vikunja MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only reads and queries notification data without side effects. It retrieves information about comments and task assignments but does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an AI agent retrieving notifications cannot cause damage beyond information disclosure of the user's own data.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate pure retrieval: 'Get all notifications for the current user' with stated purpose of 'seeing what has changed recently'. No creation, modification, deletion, or execution of actions.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get all notifications for the current user. Useful for seeing what has changed recently — new comments, task assignments, etc. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Vikunja MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Vikunja MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_notifications: 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 Vikunja MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_notifications 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_notifications 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_notifications. 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_notifications is provided by the Vikunja MCP Server MCP server (lindenlion/vikunja-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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