Remove a member from a card. Use this tool to unassign someone from a card.
AI agents use remove_member to create or update resources in Trello — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Trello environment.
Removing a member from a card is a reversible modification — the member can be re-added at any time. This is a write/update operation on a card's membership list, not a destructive or irreversible action.
From the tool's definition Remove a member from a card. Use this tool to unassign someone from a card.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access remove_member gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Trello, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for remove_member:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"remove_member": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "remove_member_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}remove_member stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
Free to start. No card required.
Remove a member from a card. Use this tool to unassign someone from a card. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Trello MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Trello MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for remove_member: 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 Trello. Nothing to install.
remove_member is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the remove_member 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 remove_member. 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.
remove_member is provided by the Trello MCP server (v4lheru/trello-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Trello, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
Free to start. No card required.
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