Get comments for a task or project
AI agents call get-comments to retrieve information from Todoist MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves existing comments without modifying, creating, or deleting any data. It is purely informational and has no ability to alter state in Todoist. Blast radius is minimal as misuse only exposes task/project information that the user likely already has access to.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get-comments' and description 'Get comments for a task or project' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get comments for a task or project. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Todoist MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Todoist MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-comments: 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 Todoist MCP. Nothing to install.
get-comments 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 get-comments 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 get-comments. 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.
get-comments is provided by the Todoist MCP server (miottid/todoist-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
get-comments is one line of Todoist's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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