Lists parent tasks (folders with _overview.md). Shows task hierarchies and optionally includes progress stats and subtask details. Parent tasks represent complex work with multiple subtasks.
AI agents call parent_list to retrieve information from Scopecraft Command without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only operation that retrieves and displays information about parent tasks and their hierarchies. There are no side effects, no data modifications, no destructive operations, and no code execution. It falls squarely into the Read category with low severity since querying task metadata poses minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Lists parent tasks' and 'Shows task hierarchies', indicating a retrieval operation. No mention of modification, deletion, or execution of code/commands. The tool only queries and displays existing parent task data.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access parent_list gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Scopecraft Command, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for parent_list:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"parent_list": {}
}
}parent_list is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Lists parent tasks (folders with _overview.md). Shows task hierarchies and optionally includes progress stats and subtask details. Parent tasks represent complex work with multiple subtasks. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Scopecraft Command MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Scopecraft Command MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for parent_list: 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 Scopecraft Command. Nothing to install.
parent_list 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 parent_list 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 parent_list. 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.
parent_list is provided by the Scopecraft Command MCP server (scopecraft/command). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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