FOR SUB-AGENTS: Register yourself AND claim a specific task in one call. Use this when you were spawned to work on a specific todo. This creates the task if it doesn\
AI agents use claim_todo to create or update resources in Agent Orchestration — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Agent Orchestration environment.
This tool writes data by registering an agent and creating/claiming a task record. It modifies shared coordination state but does not delete or irreversibly destroy data, execute code, or move money. The blast radius is medium since misuse could corrupt task assignment state across multiple agents.
From the tool's definition 'Register yourself AND claim a specific task in one call' and 'creates the task if it doesn\'t exist'
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access claim_todo gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Agent Orchestration, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for claim_todo:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"claim_todo": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "claim_todo_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}claim_todo stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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FOR SUB-AGENTS: Register yourself AND claim a specific task in one call. Use this when you were spawned to work on a specific todo. This creates the task if it doesn\. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Agent Orchestration MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Agent Orchestration MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for claim_todo: 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 Agent Orchestration. Nothing to install.
claim_todo is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the claim_todo 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 claim_todo. 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.
claim_todo is provided by the Agent Orchestration MCP server (madebyaris/agent-orchestration). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Agent Orchestration, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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