Get all projects from Things. Uses AppleScript/JXA (macOS only).
AI agents call get-projects to retrieve information from Things App MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves project data from the Things 3 application without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a simple query operation with no side effects, fitting the Read category. Severity is low since querying a personal task management application poses minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get-projects' and description stating 'Get all projects from Things' indicates data retrieval with no modification. Uses AppleScript/JXA for querying, which is a read-only operation.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get all projects from Things. Uses AppleScript/JXA (macOS only). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Things App MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Things App MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-projects: 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 Things App MCP. Nothing to install.
get-projects 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-projects 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-projects. 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-projects is provided by the Things App MCP server (lucas-flatwhite/things-app-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
get-projects is one line of Things App'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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