reject_approval_gate

What reject_approval_gate does on Todos

AI agents use reject_approval_gate 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 reject_approval_gate is rated Medium

This tool modifies the state of an approval gate (a checkpoint in a task workflow) by rejecting it. This is a write operation because it changes data (the approval gate's status) reversibly—the rejection can be undone by re-approving or resetting the checkpoint. It does not delete data (thus not Destructive), execute arbitrary code (thus not Execute), or move money (thus not Financial).

From the tool's definition Tool name is 'reject_approval_gate' and description states 'Reject a local manual approval checkpoint.' The word 'reject' indicates a modification action that changes the state of an approval gate from pending to rejected.

The rule that runs reject_approval_gate 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 reject_approval_gate, this is the rule to start with:

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

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