Update a person in Teamwork. This endpoint allows you to modify user information like timezone, name, email, etc.
AI agents use updatePerson to create or update resources in Teamwork MCP — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Teamwork MCP environment.
This tool creates or modifies data reversibly by updating user profile information. It does not delete data (would be Destructive), does not move money (would be Financial), and does not execute arbitrary code (would be Execute). The severity is medium because misuse could modify user accounts and disrupt collaboration, but changes are reversible and the blast radius is limited to individual user records.
From the tool's definition The tool description explicitly states it 'Update a person in Teamwork' and allows modification of 'user information like timezone, name, email, etc.' The verb 'update' and 'modify' indicate reversible changes to existing data.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access updatePerson gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Teamwork MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for updatePerson:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"updatePerson": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "updateperson_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}updatePerson 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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Update a person in Teamwork. This endpoint allows you to modify user information like timezone, name, email, etc. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Teamwork MCP MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Teamwork MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for updatePerson: 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 Teamwork MCP. Nothing to install.
updatePerson 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 updatePerson 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 updatePerson. 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.
updatePerson is provided by the Teamwork MCP server (vizioz/teamwork-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Teamwork MCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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