Get all attachments associated with a work item. Returns attachment details including file name, size, creator, timestamps, and download URLs. Supports all attachment types including images, documents, and binary files. Results include metadata for each attachment.
AI agents call azure_devops_work_item_attachments 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 only queries and retrieves attachment information from existing work items. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. The inclusion of download URLs is informational only and does not constitute a write or destructive action. Blast radius is minimal as misuse would only expose existing attachment metadata that an authenticated user already has access to in Azure DevOps.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves attachment metadata and download URLs without modifying data. Described as 'Get all attachments' with 'Returns attachment details' - purely read operations with no write, delete, or execution capabilities mentioned.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access azure_devops_work_item_attachments 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_attachments:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"azure_devops_work_item_attachments": {}
}
}azure_devops_work_item_attachments is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get all attachments associated with a work item. Returns attachment details including file name, size, creator, timestamps, and download URLs. Supports all attachment types including images, documents, and binary files. Results include metadata for each attachment. 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_attachments: 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_attachments 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_attachments 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_attachments. 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_attachments 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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