Search todos by title (case insensitive partial match)
AI agents call search-todos-by-title to retrieve information from Todo List MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a query/search operation that retrieves and filters existing todo items based on title matching. It has no side effects, does not modify or delete data, and does not execute external operations or commit financial obligations. It is clearly a Read category tool with low severity since misuse would only expose potentially sensitive todo titles but cannot cause data loss or irreversible changes.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search-todos-by-title' and description 'Search todos by title (case insensitive partial match)' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or deletion of data.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access search-todos-by-title gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Todo List MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for search-todos-by-title:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"search-todos-by-title": {}
}
}search-todos-by-title is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
Free to start. No card required.
Search todos by title (case insensitive partial match). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Todo List MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Todo List MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search-todos-by-title: 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 Todo List MCP Server. Nothing to install.
search-todos-by-title 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 search-todos-by-title 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 search-todos-by-title. 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.
search-todos-by-title is provided by the Todo List MCP Server MCP server (regibyte/todo-list-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 10 Todo List MCP Server tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
Free to start. No card required.
10 Todo List MCP Server tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.