Get workflow states for a specific team
AI agents call linear_get_workflow_states to retrieve information from Linear MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves workflow state metadata for a team, which is a read-only query operation. It has no side effects, does not execute code or commands, does not delete or modify data, and does not involve financial transactions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an attacker gains only informational access to workflow configuration data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'linear_get_workflow_states' and description 'Get workflow states for a specific team' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or execution of external processes.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get workflow states for a specific team. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Linear MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Linear MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for linear_get_workflow_states: 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 Linear MCP Server. Nothing to install.
linear_get_workflow_states 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 linear_get_workflow_states 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 linear_get_workflow_states. 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.
linear_get_workflow_states is provided by the Linear MCP Server MCP server (tenx-studio/linear-mcp-for-gemini_cli). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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