Get available status transitions for an issue. Use this to see what statuses an issue can be moved to.
AI agents call jira_get_transitions to retrieve information from JIRA 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 state information about an issue (what transitions are allowed) without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It is purely informational—reading metadata about valid state changes rather than performing those changes. This aligns clearly with the Read category for retrieval operations.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves available status transitions for an issue. The description states 'Get available status transitions' and 'see what statuses an issue can be moved to', indicating data retrieval only without modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get available status transitions for an issue. Use this to see what statuses an issue can be moved to. It is categorised as a Read tool in the JIRA MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the JIRA MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for jira_get_transitions: 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 JIRA MCP Server. Nothing to install.
jira_get_transitions 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 jira_get_transitions 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 jira_get_transitions. 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.
jira_get_transitions is provided by the JIRA MCP Server MCP server (suppleaardvark/jira-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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