Get detailed information about a specific work item by ID. Returns work item fields, relations, history, and metadata. Supports all work item types (bugs, tasks, user stories, etc).
AI agents call azure_devops_work_item to retrieve information from Cursor Azure Devops without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves work item data by querying Azure DevOps with an ID parameter. It has no side effects—it does not create, modify, delete, or execute anything. The operation is purely informational, making it a Read category risk with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description: 'Get detailed information about a specific work item by ID. Returns work item fields, relations, history, and metadata.' The verbs 'Get' and 'Returns' indicate data retrieval with no modification, creation, deletion, or execution of…
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access azure_devops_work_item gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Cursor Azure Devops, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for azure_devops_work_item:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"azure_devops_work_item": {}
}
}azure_devops_work_item is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get detailed information about a specific work item by ID. Returns work item fields, relations, history, and metadata. Supports all work item types (bugs, tasks, user stories, etc). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Cursor Azure Devops MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Cursor Azure Devops MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for azure_devops_work_item: 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 Cursor Azure Devops. Nothing to install.
azure_devops_work_item 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 azure_devops_work_item 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 azure_devops_work_item. 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.
azure_devops_work_item is provided by the Cursor Azure Devops MCP server (maximtitovich/cursor-azure-devops-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Cursor Azure Devops, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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