Get user groups (teams) in a workspace
AI agents call get_user_groups to retrieve information from ClickUp MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and returns information about user groups in a workspace. It performs a read-only operation that retrieves data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. The verb 'Get' and the absence of any state-changing language confirm this is a Read category tool with low severity risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_user_groups' and description states 'Get user groups (teams) in a workspace' — purely a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get user groups (teams) in a workspace. It is categorised as a Read tool in the ClickUp MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the ClickUp MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_user_groups: 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 ClickUp MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_user_groups 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 get_user_groups 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 get_user_groups. 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.
get_user_groups is provided by the ClickUp MCP Server MCP server (smeric28/clickup-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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