Create a new comment on a task or project
AI agents use todoist_create_comment to create or update resources in Enhanced Todoist MCP Server Extended — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Enhanced Todoist MCP Server Extended environment.
This tool creates new content (comments) within Todoist but does not delete, execute arbitrary code, move money, or perform irreversible actions. Comments can typically be edited or deleted later, making it a Write-category tool.
From the tool's definition The tool description states it 'Create a new comment on a task or project', which is a reversible create/write operation. The 'create' verb and action of adding new content to existing tasks or projects indicates data modification without destructive effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access todoist_create_comment gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Enhanced Todoist MCP Server Extended, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for todoist_create_comment:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"todoist_create_comment": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "todoist_create_comment_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
} todoist_create_comment 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.
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Create a new comment on a task or project. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Enhanced Todoist MCP Server Extended MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Enhanced Todoist MCP Server Extended MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for todoist_create_comment: 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 Enhanced Todoist MCP Server Extended. Nothing to install.
todoist_create_comment 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 todoist_create_comment 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 todoist_create_comment. 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.
todoist_create_comment is provided by the Enhanced Todoist MCP Server Extended MCP server (vitalio-sh/todoist-mcp-server-ext). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Enhanced Todoist MCP Server Extended, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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