List all projects in the Shortcut workspace.
AI agents call list_projects to retrieve information from Shortcut Com MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves project information from Shortcut without creating, modifying, or deleting data. It has no side effects and poses minimal security risk—the worst-case scenario for misuse is information disclosure of project metadata already accessible to authenticated workspace members.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'list_projects' and description states 'List all projects in the Shortcut workspace.' The verb 'list' and action of retrieving/enumerating projects without modification are characteristic of Read operations.
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List all projects in the Shortcut workspace. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Shortcut Com MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Shortcut Com MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_projects: 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 Shortcut Com MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_projects 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 list_projects 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 list_projects. 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.
list_projects is provided by the Shortcut Com MCP Server MCP server (wynnd/mcp-server-shortcut). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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