get_today_reminders
AI agents call get_today_reminders to retrieve information from MCP Apple Reminders without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves reminders without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward read operation with minimal blast radius if misused—an AI agent could only over-query or retrieve sensitive reminder data, but cannot alter or destroy it.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_today_reminders' indicates retrieval of reminders for the current day. Server description confirms read operations are supported: 'read...reminders...through natural language.' No mutation, deletion, or execution is implied.
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get_today_reminders. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Apple Reminders MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Apple Reminders MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_today_reminders: 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 MCP Apple Reminders. Nothing to install.
get_today_reminders 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_today_reminders 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_today_reminders. 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_today_reminders is provided by the MCP Apple Reminders MCP server (rex/mcp-apple-reminders). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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