Get the Columns of a Monday.com Board.
AI agents call monday_get_board_columns to retrieve information from Monday Com MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves structural metadata (column definitions) from a Monday.com board. It performs a query without modifying, executing, or deleting any data. The action is read-only with minimal risk if called with any board ID—the worst outcome is information disclosure about board structure, which is low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'monday_get_board_columns' and description 'Get the Columns of a Monday.com Board' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access monday_get_board_columns gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Monday Com MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for monday_get_board_columns:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"monday_get_board_columns": {}
}
}monday_get_board_columns is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get the Columns of a Monday.com Board. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Monday Com MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Monday Com MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for monday_get_board_columns: 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 Monday Com MCP Server. Nothing to install.
monday_get_board_columns 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 monday_get_board_columns 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 monday_get_board_columns. 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.
monday_get_board_columns is provided by the Monday Com MCP Server MCP server (prat011/mcp-server-monday). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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