AI agents call plane-auth-status to retrieve information from Plane without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves authentication status information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is purely informational and useful for diagnostic purposes, making it a Read category tool with low severity since it poses minimal risk if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Check authentication status' which is a query/diagnostic operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Check authentication status for both v1 API key and session-based auth. Useful for debugging connection issues. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Plane MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Plane MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for plane-auth-status: 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 Plane. Nothing to install.
plane-auth-status 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 plane-auth-status 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 plane-auth-status. 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.
plane-auth-status is provided by the Plane MCP server (philipvanlewis/plane-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Every MCP server has a record like this.
Type a name, get the same breakdown: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, capabilities, recommended policy.
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