Gets detailed information about a specific field in a work item type. Use this tool when you need to: - Get complete details about a work item field - Check allowed values for a field - Verify if a field is required or read-only Args: project: Project ID or project name type_name: The name of the...
AI agents call get_work_item_type_field to retrieve information from MCP Azure DevOps 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 query to Azure DevOps to fetch metadata about work item type fields. It returns information about field constraints and properties without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. No side effects or irreversible changes are possible.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves 'detailed information about a specific field in a work item type' including 'type, allowed values, and const[raints]'.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_work_item_type_field gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP Azure DevOps Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_work_item_type_field:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_work_item_type_field": {}
}
}get_work_item_type_field is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Gets detailed information about a specific field in a work item type. Use this tool when you need to: - Get complete details about a work item field - Check allowed values for a field - Verify if a field is required or read-only Args: project: Project ID or project name type_name: The name of the work item type field_name: The reference name or display name of the field Returns: Detailed information about the field including type, allowed values, and constraints. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Azure DevOps Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Azure DevOps Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_work_item_type_field: 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 MCP Azure DevOps Server. Nothing to install.
get_work_item_type_field 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 get_work_item_type_field 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 get_work_item_type_field. 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.
get_work_item_type_field is provided by the MCP Azure DevOps Server MCP server (vortiago/mcp-azure-devops). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 21 MCP Azure DevOps Server tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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21 MCP Azure DevOps Server tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.