AI agents call retrieve_work_item_property 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.
The tool name explicitly uses 'retrieve', a passive verb associated with Read operations. It fetches a property from an existing work item without creating, modifying, or deleting data. The lack of description lowers confidence slightly, but the clear naming convention and position among other Plane tools (a project management API) indicates this is a safe query operation with minimal blast radius if misused.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'retrieve_work_item_property' contains 'retrieve', which indicates data retrieval without modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
retrieve_work_item_property. 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 retrieve_work_item_property: 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.
retrieve_work_item_property 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 retrieve_work_item_property 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 retrieve_work_item_property. 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.
retrieve_work_item_property is provided by the Plane MCP server (@makeplane/plane-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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