搜尋 Azure DevOps Work Items。可依專案、類型、標題、ID、狀態等條件進行篩選。
AI agents call search_work_items to retrieve information from Azure Devops without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries work item data based on various filter criteria. It performs no side effects—no creation, modification, deletion, or execution of operations. It is a pure read operation consistent with 'search' and 'list' patterns in the Read category.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'search_work_items' with description indicating it searches/filters Azure DevOps work items by project, type, title, ID, status etc. The verb '搜尋' (search) and the filtering capability describe a query operation with no data modification.
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搜尋 Azure DevOps Work Items。可依專案、類型、標題、ID、狀態等條件進行篩選。. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Azure Devops MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Azure Devops MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_work_items: 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 Azure Devops. Nothing to install.
search_work_items 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 search_work_items 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 search_work_items. 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.
search_work_items is provided by the Azure Devops MCP server (wuhuangjia/azure-devops-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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