create_label

What create_label does on Todos

AI agents use create_label to create or update resources in Todos, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Todos environment.

Why create_label is rated Medium

Creating a label is a reversible write operation that adds metadata to a task management system. It does not retrieve data (Read), execute arbitrary code (Execute), delete data (Destructive), or move money (Financial). The impact is limited to adding a new categorization/tagging entity, which is low severity since labels are typically non-critical organizational metadata that can be edited or deleted if needed.

From the tool's definition Tool name is 'create_label' and description states 'Create a new label.' This is a data creation operation that modifies the task management system by adding a new label.

The rule that runs create_label safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Todos, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For create_label, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "create_label": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "create_label_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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