Get the download URL for a specific backup version. The URL is time-limited. Backups are ZIP files containing CSV exports of your Todoist data.
AI agents call todoist_backup_download to retrieve information from Mcp Todoist without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves a pre-generated backup URL (read access to metadata/URLs). It does not create, modify, delete, or execute anything. The actual backup data already exists; the tool only provides access to it via a time-limited URL. This is a standard Read operation with minimal risk if an AI agent calls it, as it merely queries available backups.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Get[s] the download URL for a specific backup version' and 'Backups are ZIP files containing CSV exports' — purely a retrieval operation that returns a URL to existing data without modification or destructive action.
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Get the download URL for a specific backup version. The URL is time-limited. Backups are ZIP files containing CSV exports of your Todoist data. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Todoist MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Todoist MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for todoist_backup_download: 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 Mcp Todoist. Nothing to install.
todoist_backup_download 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 todoist_backup_download 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 todoist_backup_download. 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.
todoist_backup_download is provided by the Mcp Todoist MCP server (@greirson/mcp-todoist). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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