Get threaded comments (replies) for a parent comment. Returns comment details with pagination support.
AI agents call get_threaded_comments to retrieve information from ClickUp MCP Sedrver without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and displays existing comment data from ClickUp. It performs a query operation that returns information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. The pagination support is a typical read operation feature. No data is changed, and there are no irreversible effects or external operations triggered.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'get' and description states 'Get threaded comments (replies) for a parent comment. Returns comment details with pagination support.' The verb 'Get' and 'Returns' indicate a read-only retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_threaded_comments gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and ClickUp MCP Sedrver, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_threaded_comments:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_threaded_comments": {}
}
}get_threaded_comments is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get threaded comments (replies) for a parent comment. Returns comment details with pagination support. It is categorised as a Read tool in the ClickUp MCP Sedrver MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the ClickUp MCP Sedrver MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_threaded_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 ClickUp MCP Sedrver. Nothing to install.
get_threaded_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_threaded_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_threaded_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_threaded_comments is provided by the ClickUp MCP Sedrver MCP server (nsxdavid/clickup-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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