List tasks from the workspace kanban board. Returns task details including title, description, board status, GitHub file references, blockers, and images. Use board filter to see tasks by status, bolt_id to filter by project area. Start here to find tasks to work on.
AI agents call get_tasks to retrieve information from Nubis without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries task data from a kanban board with filtering options. There are no side effects, data modifications, deletions, or external operations triggered. It is purely a read operation returning existing task information.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'List tasks' and 'Returns task details' with no modification capability. The instruction to 'Use board filter' and 'Start here to find tasks' indicates this is a query/retrieval operation.
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List tasks from the workspace kanban board. Returns task details including title, description, board status, GitHub file references, blockers, and images. Use board filter to see tasks by status, bolt_id to filter by project area. Start here to find tasks to work on. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Nubis MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Nubis MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_tasks: 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 Nubis. Nothing to install.
get_tasks 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_tasks 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_tasks. 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_tasks is provided by the Nubis MCP server (@lil2good/nubis-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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