Retrieves options for a specific pick list.
AI agents call get_jama_pick_list_options to retrieve information from Jama 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 pick list options without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It has no side effects and presents minimal risk if misused by an AI agent, as it only exposes existing configuration data from Jama Connect.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states 'Retrieves options for a specific pick list.' The verb 'retrieves' indicates data retrieval with no modification.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_jama_pick_list_options gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Jama, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_jama_pick_list_options:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_jama_pick_list_options": {}
}
}get_jama_pick_list_options is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Retrieves options for a specific pick list. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Jama MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Jama MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_jama_pick_list_options: 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 Jama. Nothing to install.
get_jama_pick_list_options 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_jama_pick_list_options 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_jama_pick_list_options. 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_jama_pick_list_options is provided by the Jama MCP server (t-j-thomas/jama-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Jama, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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