Discover the global ID of a Work Item type (e.g. EPIC, ISSUE, TASK) for a given namespace. Required as workItemTypeId on workItemCreate. IDs vary per GitLab instance and version, so call this once per (namespace, type) and cache the result.
AI agents call get_work_item_type_id to retrieve information from Mcp Gitlab 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 lookup to retrieve metadata (Work Item type IDs) from GitLab. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations—it simply queries and returns existing type identifiers. The blast radius of misuse is minimal; an attacker could only learn what work item types exist in a namespace, which is low-severity information disclosure.
From the tool's definition Tool 'get_work_item_type_id' retrieves and discovers the global ID of a Work Item type for a given namespace.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Discover the global ID of a Work Item type (e.g. EPIC, ISSUE, TASK) for a given namespace. Required as workItemTypeId on workItemCreate. IDs vary per GitLab instance and version, so call this once per (namespace, type) and cache the result. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Gitlab MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Gitlab MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_work_item_type_id: 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 Gitlab. Nothing to install.
get_work_item_type_id 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_id 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_id. 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_id is provided by the Mcp Gitlab MCP server (wanadev/gitlab-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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