get-comment · Todoist MCP: Risk & Policy

WHAT IT DOES

What get-comment does on Todoist MCP

AI agents call get-comment to retrieve information from Todoist MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

WHY IT NEEDS A POLICY

Why get-comment needs a policy

This tool retrieves a comment that already exists. It performs no creation, modification, deletion, code execution, or financial transaction. The action is purely informational with no side effects, matching the 'Read' category definition of querying or retrieving data.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get-comment' and description 'Get a comment from a task or project in Todoist' indicate retrieval of existing data without modification.

Attacks that exploit this kind of access

Questions about get-comment

What does the get-comment tool do? +

Get a comment from a task or project in Todoist. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Todoist MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get-comment? +

Register the Todoist MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-comment: 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 Todoist MCP. Nothing to install.

What risk level is get-comment? +

get-comment is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit get-comment? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get-comment 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.

How do I block get-comment completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get-comment. 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.

What MCP server provides get-comment? +

get-comment is provided by the Todoist MCP server (scofieldkoh/todoist_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.