AI agents call getWorkItemTypeFields to retrieve information from Azure Devops without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves metadata about work item type fields in Azure DevOps. It performs a query/fetch operation that does not create, modify, delete, or execute any actions. The response is informational and read-only, making it a Read category tool with low severity since metadata disclosure poses minimal risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getWorkItemTypeFields' and description 'Get fields for a work item type' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access getWorkItemTypeFields gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Azure Devops, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for getWorkItemTypeFields:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"getWorkItemTypeFields": {}
}
}getWorkItemTypeFields is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get fields for a work item type. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Azure Devops MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Azure Devops MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getWorkItemTypeFields: 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 Azure Devops. Nothing to install.
getWorkItemTypeFields 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 getWorkItemTypeFields 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 getWorkItemTypeFields. 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.
getWorkItemTypeFields is provided by the Azure Devops MCP server (ryancardin15/azuredevops-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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