Lists scrum tasks from ServiceNow with optional filters.
AI agents call list_scrum_tasks to retrieve information from Snow without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a data retrieval operation without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing external operations. It simply queries and returns scrum task information from the ServiceNow system, making it a Read category tool. The severity is low as listing scrum tasks has minimal blast radius—it only exposes potentially sensitive project information but does not alter any state or commit any resources.
From the tool's definition The tool 'list_scrum_tasks' retrieves or queries scrum tasks from ServiceNow with optional filters. The use of 'list' and the description indicating it retrieves data with no modification capability indicate a read-only operation.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_scrum_tasks 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 list_scrum_tasks:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_scrum_tasks": {}
}
}list_scrum_tasks is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Lists scrum tasks from ServiceNow with optional filters. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Snow MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Snow MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_scrum_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 Snow. Nothing to install.
list_scrum_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_scrum_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_scrum_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_scrum_tasks 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.
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