Get board details by ID. PURPOSE: Retrieve comprehensive information about a specific Kaiten board. PARAMETERS: - board_id (required): Board ID. Positive integer. How to find: Use kaiten_list_boards to discover board_id - format (optional): Response format -
AI agents call kaiten_get_board to retrieve information from Kaiten without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves board information by ID without side effects. It is a simple data query operation that matches the Read category definition: 'retrieves or queries data; no side effects (search, list, get, fetch)'. The severity is low because unauthorized access to board metadata poses minimal risk compared to modification or destruction of data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'kaiten_get_board' and description 'Get board details by ID' indicate data retrieval with no modification. Parameters include only 'board_id' (lookup) and 'format' (output control), with no write, delete, or execute capabilities mentioned.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access kaiten_get_board gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Kaiten, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for kaiten_get_board:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"kaiten_get_board": {}
}
}kaiten_get_board is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get board details by ID. PURPOSE: Retrieve comprehensive information about a specific Kaiten board. PARAMETERS: - board_id (required): Board ID. Positive integer. How to find: Use kaiten_list_boards to discover board_id - format (optional): Response format -. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Kaiten MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Kaiten MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for kaiten_get_board: 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 Kaiten. Nothing to install.
kaiten_get_board 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 kaiten_get_board 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 kaiten_get_board. 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.
kaiten_get_board is provided by the Kaiten MCP server (vsaranyuk/kaiten-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Kaiten, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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