AI agents call get_focus to retrieve information from OmniFocus MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries the current state of focused items in OmniFocus without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. It is a read-only operation that returns data about the application's current focus state, consistent with other Read category tools like 'get_folders' and 'get_projects' on this server.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_focus' and description 'Get currently focused items' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_focus gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and OmniFocus MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_focus:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_focus": {}
}
}get_focus is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get currently focused items. It is categorised as a Read tool in the OmniFocus MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the OmniFocus MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_focus: 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 OmniFocus MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_focus 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_focus 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_focus. 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_focus is provided by the OmniFocus MCP Server MCP server (s-morgan-jeffries/omnifocus-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from OmniFocus MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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