Get all links and relationships for a work item. Returns detailed link information including link types, target work items, and relationship attributes. Supports all link types (Parent/Child, Related, Predecessor/Successor, etc). Results include full context of work item relationships.
AI agents call azure_devops_work_item_links 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 queries existing work item relationships and returns detailed information about links. It has no capability to create, modify, delete, or execute operations. The data retrieval operation poses minimal risk even if accessed by an AI agent, as it cannot alter state or cause side effects. Classification as Read is appropriate for a read-only relationship query tool.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves and returns link information, relationships, and target work item details with no modification capability. Verbs: 'Get', 'Returns', 'Results include' indicate read-only querying.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access azure_devops_work_item_links 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_links:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"azure_devops_work_item_links": {}
}
}azure_devops_work_item_links 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 links and relationships for a work item. Returns detailed link information including link types, target work items, and relationship attributes. Supports all link types (Parent/Child, Related, Predecessor/Successor, etc). Results include full context of work item relationships. 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_links: 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_links 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_links 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_links. 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_links 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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