Get a specific label by its ID.
AI agents call todoist_get_label to retrieve information from Enhanced Todoist MCP Server Extended without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and returns data about a specific label without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward read operation consistent with the Read category. Severity is low because retrieval of label metadata poses minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'todoist_get_label' and description 'Get a specific label by its ID' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access todoist_get_label 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_get_label:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"todoist_get_label": {}
}
} todoist_get_label is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get a specific label by its ID. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Enhanced Todoist MCP Server Extended MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Enhanced Todoist MCP Server Extended MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for todoist_get_label: 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_get_label 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 todoist_get_label 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_get_label. 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_get_label 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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