Creates a new scrum task and associates it with a parent story.
AI agents use create_scrum_task to create or update resources in Snow — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Snow environment.
This tool creates new records (scrum tasks) and establishes relationships (association with parent story) in a ServiceNow system. This is a reversible Write operation—tasks can be updated or deleted later. It does not execute arbitrary code, delete data irreversibly, or move money.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'create_scrum_task' and description 'Creates a new scrum task and associates it with a parent story' indicate data creation/addition to a project management system.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access create_scrum_task gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Snow, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for create_scrum_task:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"create_scrum_task": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "create_scrum_task_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}create_scrum_task 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.
Free to start. No card required.
Creates a new scrum task and associates it with a parent story. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Snow MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Snow MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create_scrum_task: 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 Snow. Nothing to install.
create_scrum_task 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 create_scrum_task 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 create_scrum_task. 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.
create_scrum_task is provided by the Snow MCP server (shunyaai/snow-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Snow, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
Free to start. No card required.
88 Snow tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 43,000+ MCP servers.