Manage reminders for Todoist tasks. Supports three reminder types: relative (minutes before task due date), absolute (specific date and time), and location (geofenced area). Natural language due dates supported (e.g.,
AI agents use todoist_reminders to create or update resources in Mcp Todoist — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Mcp Todoist environment.
This tool creates, updates, or deletes task reminders, making it a Write operation. It modifies task metadata reversibly—reminders can be added, changed, or removed without permanently destroying data. Severity is medium because while reminder management doesn't cause data loss or financial impact, misconfigured reminders could disrupt a user's task workflow or create spam notifications if misused by an agent.
From the tool's definition "Manage reminders for Todoist tasks" indicates creating, modifying, or deleting reminders. The tool supports setting relative, absolute, and location-based reminders, which are write operations that persist state changes in Todoist.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access todoist_reminders gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Mcp Todoist, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for todoist_reminders:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"todoist_reminders": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "todoist_reminders_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}todoist_reminders stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Manage reminders for Todoist tasks. Supports three reminder types: relative (minutes before task due date), absolute (specific date and time), and location (geofenced area). Natural language due dates supported (e.g.,. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Mcp Todoist MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Mcp Todoist MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for todoist_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 Todoist. Nothing to install.
todoist_reminders is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the todoist_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 todoist_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.
todoist_reminders is provided by the Mcp Todoist MCP server (shayonpal/mcp-todoist). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Mcp Todoist, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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