AI agents call standup to retrieve information from Todos without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a pure data retrieval operation that queries task status and presents it as a report. It has no side effects, creates no tasks, modifies no state, and executes no commands. The verb 'Get' confirms read-only semantics. The low severity reflects that misuse would only expose existing task information without enabling further damage.
From the tool's definition Tool is named 'standup' and described as 'Get a standup report' — retrieves information about in-progress tasks, completed work, and blockers without modifying or triggering external actions.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get a standup report: in-progress tasks, completed yesterday, and blockers for an agent. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Todos MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Todos MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for standup: 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 Todos. Nothing to install.
standup 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 standup 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 standup. 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.
standup is provided by the Todos MCP server (@hasna/todos). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Every MCP server has a record like this.
Type a name, get the same breakdown: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, capabilities, recommended policy.
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