Find all TODO, FIXME, HACK, NOTE, and XXX comments in files, then AI-prioritizes them by urgency.
AI agents call find_todos to retrieve information from DevToolkit MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only scan of file contents to locate and categorize comment markers. It retrieves information without creating, modifying, or deleting any data. The AI prioritization is a post-processing step on retrieved data. No side effects or state changes occur.
From the tool's definition Tool searches for and retrieves TODO/FIXME/HACK/NOTE/XXX comments from files with AI-based prioritization. The description uses 'find' and indicates data retrieval without modification: 'Find all TODO...comments in files, then AI-prioritizes them.'
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Find all TODO, FIXME, HACK, NOTE, and XXX comments in files, then AI-prioritizes them by urgency. It is categorised as a Read tool in the DevToolkit MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the DevToolkit MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for find_todos: 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 DevToolkit MCP Server. Nothing to install.
find_todos 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 find_todos 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 find_todos. 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.
find_todos is provided by the DevToolkit MCP Server MCP server (tusharrayamajhi/devtoolkit-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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