get_project_issues
AI agents call get_project_issues to retrieve information from MCP Atlassian without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or queries issue data from a Jira project without any indication of creating, modifying, deleting, or executing actions. The 'get_' prefix and its position among similar read-only operations (get_agile_boards, get_board_issues, get_comments, get_issue) confirms it is a safe read operation with no side effects beyond data retrieval.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_project_issues' and context from sibling tools (get_agile_boards, get_board_issues, get_comments, get_issue) indicate retrieval of issue data without modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
get_project_issues. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Atlassian MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Atlassian MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_project_issues: 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 Atlassian. Nothing to install.
get_project_issues 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_project_issues 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_project_issues. 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_project_issues is provided by the MCP Atlassian MCP server (thienntdev/mcp-atlassian). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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