Retrieves all Folders within a given Space.
AI agents call clickup_get_folders to retrieve information from ClickUp MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only retrieves data from ClickUp without creating, modifying, or deleting any information. It has minimal security impact as it returns organizational metadata that an authorized user would typically be able to view. The blast radius of misuse is limited to information disclosure of folder structure.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'get' and description states 'Retrieves all Folders within a given Space' — a pure query operation with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access clickup_get_folders gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and ClickUp MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for clickup_get_folders:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"clickup_get_folders": {}
}
}clickup_get_folders is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Retrieves all Folders within a given Space. It is categorised as a Read tool in the ClickUp MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the ClickUp MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for clickup_get_folders: 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 ClickUp MCP Server. Nothing to install.
clickup_get_folders 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 clickup_get_folders 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 clickup_get_folders. 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.
clickup_get_folders is provided by the ClickUp MCP Server MCP server (nazruden/clickup-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from ClickUp MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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