Get details of a JIRA issue including custom fields.
AI agents call jira_get_issue to retrieve information from MCP JIRA Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries issue information with no side effects. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations—only fetches existing data. The blast radius of misuse is limited to unauthorized information disclosure, which is a lower-severity concern than the write, execute, or destructive operations present in the sibling tools (jira_create_issue, jira_delete_issue, jira_transition_issue, etc.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'jira_get_issue' and description 'Get details of a JIRA issue including custom fields' indicate retrieval of issue data without modification. The verb 'Get' is a read-only operation.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get details of a JIRA issue including custom fields. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP JIRA Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP JIRA Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for jira_get_issue: 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 MCP JIRA Server. Nothing to install.
jira_get_issue 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_issue 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_issue. 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_issue is provided by the MCP JIRA Server MCP server (tarangbhavsar/mcp-jira-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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