List tasks with optional filters. By default, completed (done) tasks are excluded. Set includeCompleted=true to include them. Returns summaries by default; set verbose=true for full task data.
AI agents call list_tasks to retrieve information from Roadmap Skill without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries task data from a locally-stored kanban system. It has no capability to create, modify, delete, or execute operations—only to read and filter existing task information. The blast radius if misused is minimal: an agent could only retrieve information already accessible to the user. This is a classic Read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'list_tasks' and description states it 'List tasks with optional filters' and 'Returns summaries by default'. The verb 'list' is a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_tasks gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Roadmap Skill, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_tasks:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_tasks": {}
}
}list_tasks is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List tasks with optional filters. By default, completed (done) tasks are excluded. Set includeCompleted=true to include them. Returns summaries by default; set verbose=true for full task data. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Roadmap Skill MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Roadmap Skill MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_tasks: 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 Roadmap Skill. Nothing to install.
list_tasks 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 list_tasks 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 list_tasks. 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.
list_tasks is provided by the Roadmap Skill MCP server (shiquda/roadmap-skill). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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