Get recently modified to-dos. Uses AppleScript/JXA (macOS only).
AI agents call get-recent-todos 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 queries and retrieves task data from the Things 3 application without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is purely informational and read-only, making it the lowest-risk category.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get-recent-todos' and description states it 'Get recently modified to-dos' using AppleScript for querying data. This is a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get recently modified to-dos. 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-recent-todos: 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-recent-todos 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-recent-todos 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-recent-todos. 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-recent-todos 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.
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